This small capsule could carry two astronauts into space at a time. NASA created the Gemini program to help the U.S. get ready for the Apollo missions that would later send astronauts to the moon.

It was a tall order. The Mercury missions showed that astronauts could live in space for up to a full day. And the Gemini missions built on this experience to make spectacular progress.

Astronaut John W. Young caused beef between NASA and congress by smuggling an illicit sandwich onto a space mission.

In the Mission Control Center near Houston ... after the flawless twin launch of the Agena target vehicle and the Gemini, after making space rendezvous seem almost routine, and after the first ...

The mission plan was for the Gemini crew to locate the GATV, catch up to it, and perform the docking maneuver. Even in low Earth orbit, space is a big place, and finding the GATV could prove to be ...

On March 23, 1965, the United States launched the Gemini III spacecraft with astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young ...

Astronaut John W. Young, the pilot for Gemini III, checks over his helmet prior to flight.

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