The Gemini Program was an early NASA human spaceflight program that helped NASA get ready for the Apollo moon landings. Because of the Geminis purpose it has been nicknamed “The Bridge to the Moon.” Ten crews flew missions on the two-man Gemini spacecraft. The Gemini missions were flown in 1965 and 1966. They flew between the Mercury and Apollo programs. All together there are 12 Gemini missions between April of 1965 and November of 1966.
The Gemini program was managed by the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, under direction of the Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC., Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator of NASA for Manned Space Flight, served as acting director of the Gemini program. William …show more content…
This crew was led by astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young. They two men came back down the same day.
GT-4 is one of the most important missions because of the time frame the crew remained on air. The launch was on June 3, 1995 and James McDivitt along with Ed White did not Splashdown until 7 June 1965. Those four days proved that we could spend time in space. GT-5 gave us even more of a glimpse into humans spending time in space. On August 21, 1995 Gordon Cooper and Charles "Pete" Conrad were the third crewed Earth-orbiting spacecraft of the Gemini series. The flight was designed to last eight days and test rendezvous procedures.
GT-6A was the fifth crewed Earth-orbiting spacecraft of the Gemini series, having been launched after Gemini 7, with the intent of making rendezvous with Gemini 7 in Earth orbit. The astronauts on the 26 hour mission were Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford. The mission priorities were to demonstrate on-time launch procedures, closed-loop rendezvous capabilities, and stationkeeping techniques with Gemini 7. These missions were originally supposed to be on October, 25, 1995 but there were technical issues with Agena target vehicle that failed to go into orbit an hour
The Gemini program was managed by the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, under direction of the Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC., Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator of NASA for Manned Space Flight, served as acting director of the Gemini program. William …show more content…
This crew was led by astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young. They two men came back down the same day.
GT-4 is one of the most important missions because of the time frame the crew remained on air. The launch was on June 3, 1995 and James McDivitt along with Ed White did not Splashdown until 7 June 1965. Those four days proved that we could spend time in space. GT-5 gave us even more of a glimpse into humans spending time in space. On August 21, 1995 Gordon Cooper and Charles "Pete" Conrad were the third crewed Earth-orbiting spacecraft of the Gemini series. The flight was designed to last eight days and test rendezvous procedures.
GT-6A was the fifth crewed Earth-orbiting spacecraft of the Gemini series, having been launched after Gemini 7, with the intent of making rendezvous with Gemini 7 in Earth orbit. The astronauts on the 26 hour mission were Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford. The mission priorities were to demonstrate on-time launch procedures, closed-loop rendezvous capabilities, and stationkeeping techniques with Gemini 7. These missions were originally supposed to be on October, 25, 1995 but there were technical issues with Agena target vehicle that failed to go into orbit an hour