Gemini

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Gemini was NASA’s second human spaceflight program in the 1960s, designed to develop critical orbital maneuvers, long-duration flights, and spacewalk techniques that enabled the later Apollo Moon landings.

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Gemini canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA human spaceflight program
crewed spacecraft
crewed spaceflight mission
spaceflight program
achievement 14-day long-duration mission
first American spacewalk
first docking of two spacecraft in orbit
first long-duration U.S. spaceflight over 7 days
first successful crewed orbital rendezvous
country United States
crewCapacity 2 astronauts
crewMember Buzz Aldrin
Ed White
Gus Grissom
James A. Lovell Jr.
linked to: Jim Lovell

James McDivitt
John Young
developedCapability precision reentry and landing control
developedTechnique docking with target vehicle
extravehicular activity
orbital rendezvous
endDate 1966
firstCrewedFlight Gemini 3
lastCrewedFlight Gemini 12
launchDate 1965-03-23
1965-06-03
1966-11-11
launchVehicle Titan II GLV
locationOfLaunch Cape Kennedy Air Force Station
manufacturer McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
linked to: McDonnell Douglas
notableMission Gemini 10
Gemini 11
Gemini 4
Gemini 5
Gemini 6A
Gemini 7
Gemini 8
Gemini 9A
numberOfCrewedMissions 10
numberOfUncrewedMissions 2
operator NASA
predecessor Mercury program
purpose develop docking techniques
develop extravehicular activity techniques
develop long-duration human spaceflight
develop orbital rendezvous techniques
prepare for Apollo Moon landings
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraft Gemini spacecraft
startDate 1961
successor Apollo program

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Gemini latinName Gemini
subject linked to: constellation Gemini
Gemini eclipticCrosses Gemini
subject linked to: constellation Gemini
the Twins represents Gemini
Auriga borderedBy Gemini