On March 16, 1966, Neil Armstrong, in front, and David Scott leave the suit up trailer to board the transfer van for the short trip to Launch Pad 19 at Cape Kennedy. Behind Scott is Chief Astronaut ...

Project Gemini was one of NASA's and Kennedy Space Center's most pivotal space programs. Project Gemini was one of NASA's and Kennedy Space Center's most pivotal space programs. Explore the ...

After the Mercury program—when the U.S. first launched astronauts into space—and before the Apollo program, when we went to the moon, there was the Gemini program, a 20-month, 10-mission sprint that ...

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 ...

On March 31, 1962, NASA approved the design of the new Gemini spacecraft. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] This small capsule could carry two astronauts into space at a time. NASA ...

Gemini 12 was the last mission of the Gemini program. It had two astronauts on board: Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin. NASA wanted to send humans to the moon. But first, it needed to make sure crews had ...

Click to open image viewer. This undated, untitled poster from about 1964 shows the prime and backup crews of Gemini 3, launched March 23, 1965, and one of Gemini's primary objectives, the rendezvous ...