Project Gemini
Two-astronaut orbital missions
Project Gemini was NASA's second human spaceflight program, bridging Mercury and Apollo from 1965 to 1966.
The ten crewed missions developed techniques essential for reaching the Moon: spacewalks, orbital rendezvous, docking, and long-duration flight.
Named for the Gemini constellation (the twins), each mission carried two astronauts.
Project Gemini proved we could work in space.
Venturing outside a spacecraft
- rendezvousScheduled meeting at agreed location
- dockingConnecting to a port
- orbitalRevolving around another
- capsuleEnclosed dose container
spacecraft · reentry · splashdown · Neil Armstrong · Buzz Aldrin · mission control · zero gravity · life support
Sun deity, moonshot namesake
- Mercury programFirst US crewed spaceflight initiative
- moon landingCraft settling on satellite
- space explorationInvestigating the cosmos beyond Earth
- lunar moduleSpacecraft for surface landings
astronaut training · orbital mechanics · mission planning · spacecraft design · NASA · space race · Cold War · Soviet Union
Enclosed dose container
- heat shieldBarrier against extreme temperatures
- ejection seatEmergency pilot launcher
- hatchOpening in deck or floor
- fuel cellElectrochemical power converter
thruster · radar · service module · attitude control · onboard computer · life support system · instrument panel
spacewalk
Venturing outside a spacecraft
- rendezvousScheduled meeting at agreed location
- dockingConnecting to a port
- orbitalRevolving around another
capsule · spacecraft · reentry · splashdown · Neil Armstrong · Buzz Aldrin · mission control · zero gravity · life support · parachute
Apollo
Sun deity, moonshot namesake
- Mercury programFirst US crewed spaceflight initiative
- moon landingCraft settling on satellite
- space explorationInvestigating the cosmos beyond Earth
lunar module · astronaut training · orbital mechanics · mission planning · spacecraft design · NASA · space race · Cold War · Soviet Union · cosmonaut
capsule
Enclosed dose container
- heat shieldBarrier against extreme temperatures
- ejection seatEmergency pilot launcher
- hatchOpening in deck or floor
fuel cell · thruster · radar · service module · attitude control · onboard computer · life support system · instrument panel
Project GeminiApollo program
US moonshot initiative
Apollo 11 · moon landings · Project Mercury · Mercury program · Skylab
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