Project Gemini

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Project Gemini. 2 connected concepts: Apollo program (related to), Space Race (related to).

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Project Gemini was the second human spaceflight program conducted by the United States.
The program spanned from 1961 to 1966.
It served as a bridge between the Mercury and Apollo programs.
The Gemini spacecraft was designed to carry a crew of two astronauts.
Ten crewed missions were flown during 1965 and 1966.
All missions were conducted in low Earth orbit.

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Project Gemini was the second United States human spaceflight program to fly.

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Related toApollo program100%
Bridge program developing essential spaceflight techniques
Gemini served as the essential testbed for Apollo, perfecting techniques like orbital rendezvous, docking, and long-duration flight necessary for a lunar mission.
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bridge between Mercury and Apollo programs
This program developed the essential spaceflight techniques, such as rendezvous and docking, required for the later lunar missions.
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Project Gemini was the second United States human spaceflight program to fly. It was conducted after the first American crewed space program, Project Mercury, while the Apollo program was still in early development. Gemini was conceived in 1961 and concluded in 1966. The Gemini spacecraft carried a two-astronaut crew. Ten Gemini crews and 16 individual astronauts flew low Earth orbit (LEO) missions during 1965 and 1966.

Gemini8.1966.ws — Gemini 8 prime crew and other astronauts at prelaunch breakfast, 1966Wikimedia Commons; NASA; http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption.jsp?searchpage=true&selections=GT8&browsepage=Go&hitsperpage=25&pageno=2&photoId=S66-24439 https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/9511006150/in/set-72157635036072913; Public domain; Wik...

Emblem/Logo Project GeminiWikimedia Commons; Original: NASA Vector: Ttheek; Own work based on: GeminiPatch.png; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata P154 (logo image)

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