Gemini, 1962-1966
Description Project Gemini was NASA's second human spaceflight program, with ten manned flights occurring between 1965 and 1966.
Similar in design to the Mercury capsule but much larger, the new Gemini spacecraft was designed to carry two astronauts into Earth orbit to test long-duration flight, rendezvous and docking and other technologies needed for journeys to the moon.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: s65-14257
Date: 1965
Gemini, 1962-1966
Description Project Gemini was NASA's second human spaceflight program, with ten manned flights occurring between 1965 and 1966.
Similar in design to the Mercury capsule but much larger, the new Gemini spacecraft was designed to carry two astronauts into Earth orbit to test long-duration flight, rendezvous and docking and other technologies needed for journeys to the moon.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: s65-14257
Date: 1965