Project Gemini

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Project Gemini was NASA’s second human spaceflight program in the 1960s, designed to develop the orbital maneuvers, spacewalks, and long-duration missions needed to enable the Apollo Moon landings.

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Project Gemini canonical 21

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA human spaceflight program ⓘ
space program ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crewSize 2 ⓘ
developedTechnologyFor Apollo Command and Service Module operations ⓘ
Apollo Lunar Module rendezvous ⓘ
endDate 1966 ⓘ
firstAmericanSpacewalker Edward H. White II ⓘ
linked to: Edward White
firstAmericanSpacewalkMission Gemini 4 ⓘ
firstCrewedLaunchDate 1965-03-23 ⓘ
firstCrewedMission Gemini 3 ⓘ
firstCrewedMissionCrew John W. Young ⓘ
Virgil I. Grissom ⓘ
linked to: Gus Grissom
firstDockingAstronaut David R. Scott ⓘ
Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ
firstDockingMission Gemini 8 ⓘ
firstRendezvousMission Gemini 6A ⓘ
followedBy Apollo program ⓘ
fundingAgency United States government ⓘ
lastCrewedLandingDate 1966-11-15 ⓘ
lastCrewedMission Gemini 12 ⓘ
launchVehicle Titan II GLV ⓘ
longestMission Gemini 7 ⓘ
longestMissionDuration 13 days ⓘ
namedAfter Gemini constellation ⓘ
namedFor Latin word for twins ⓘ
notableOutcome established operational experience with EVA ⓘ
proved feasibility of orbital rendezvous and docking ⓘ
validated human endurance for lunar mission durations ⓘ
numberOfCrewedMissions 10 ⓘ
numberOfUncrewedMissions 2 ⓘ
objective conduct extravehicular activity ⓘ
demonstrate long-duration spaceflight ⓘ
develop orbital docking techniques ⓘ
develop orbital rendezvous techniques ⓘ
prepare for Apollo lunar missions ⓘ
operator NASA Manned Spacecraft Center ⓘ
precededBy Project Mercury ⓘ
linked to: Mercury program
primaryLaunchSite Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 19 ⓘ
programManager NASA Office of Manned Space Flight ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
spacecraftType Gemini spacecraft ⓘ
startDate 1961 ⓘ
status completed ⓘ
timePeriod 1960s ⓘ
totalMissions 12 ⓘ
usedTargetVehicle Agena target vehicle ⓘ

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Mercury Seven → relatedProgram → Project Gemini ⓘ
Wally Schirra → spaceProgram → Project Gemini ⓘ
Gemini 9A → program → Project Gemini ⓘ
LC-19 → program → Project Gemini ⓘ
Gemini spacecraft → program → Project Gemini ⓘ
Agena Target Vehicle → program → Project Gemini ⓘ
Atlas launch vehicle → usedInProgram → Project Gemini ⓘ
Gemini 1 → program → Project Gemini ⓘ
GT-5 → spaceProgram → Project Gemini ⓘ
Gemini 10 → spaceProgram → Project Gemini ⓘ
Mercury 7 → successorProgram → Project Gemini ⓘ
Gemini 5 → program → Project Gemini ⓘ
subject linked to: Gordo
Virgil I. Grissom → partOf → Project Gemini ⓘ
subject linked to: Virgil
Gemini 9 → program → Project Gemini ⓘ
Gemini launch vehicles → partOf → Project Gemini ⓘ
Titan II → usedInProgram → Project Gemini ⓘ