Project Gemini was a series of two-man, Earth-orbital missions that pioneered rendezvous, docking, and maneuvering in-space, as well as spacewalking — all of which had to be perfected before ...

February 20, 1962: John Glenn orbits the Earth The Gemini capsules looked a lot like the Mercury spacecraft but were much larger since they were designed to carry two astronauts. Their missions ...

Thus, Gemini was born. NASA’s Project Gemini consisted of a two-person capsule and functioned from 1965 to 1966, featuring 19 total launches, which consisted of 2 initial uncrewed test missions, 10 ...