The Gemini program was a series of proof-of-concept missions designed to figure out if landing on the Moon was possible: Gemini 3 (Gemini’s first manned mission) was the first time a space ...

Gemini III lifted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, carrying astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom and John Young on America’s first ...

Cleveland State Community College invites the community to a free lecture in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Project Gemini on Monday, April 21, 5 p.m. in the Mary T. Barker Humanities ...

Sixty years ago, a NASA astronaut’s antics on a spaceflight into low-Earth orbit sparked a national controversy in the U.S.

kennedy set the goal of landing a man on the moon within the decade ... could live in space for up to a full day. And the Gemini missions built on this experience to make spectacular progress.

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

October: Luna 3 flies around the moon, taking the first photographs ... problems that must be overcome for a lunar landing mission. June 3-7: On Gemini 4, a particularly strong astronaut, Edward ...

A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came less than 24 hours after the ...