Commander Tom Stafford and pilot Gene Cernan preparing to board Gemini 9 shortly before launch Commander Tom Stafford and pilot Gene Cernan preparing to board Gemini 9 shortly before launchNASA Editor ...
On Dec. 15, 1965 — 60 years ago Monday — two crews of NASA astronauts met for the first time in Earth orbit. Trouble was: That hadn’t been the original plan. NASA had turned yet another disappointing ...
With 12 flights designed to finetune NASA’s spaceflight procedures, the Gemini program followed Project Mercury and was an essential precursor to the Apollo program. While the Mercury program proved ...