Gemini Program Begins
March 23, 1965
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March 23, 1965 |
Virgil I "Gus"
Grissom and John W. Young orbit in Gemini 3.
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NASA Group
Four Astronauts Selected, June 1965
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June 3 - 7, 1965 |
James A. McDivitt and
Edward H. White orbit in Gemini 4.
Edward H. White, Jr., becomes the first U.S. Astronaut to conduct
a space walk.
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August 21 - 29, 1965 |
L. Gordon Cooper and
Charles 'Pete' Conrad orbit in Gemini 5.
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December 15 - 16,
1965 |
Walter M. Schirra and
Thomas P. Stafford orbit in Gemini 6.
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December 4-18, 1965 |
Frank Borman and James
A. Lovell orbit in Gemini 7.
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March 16, 1966 |
Neil A. Armstrong and
David R. Scott orbit in Gemini 8, a flight that nearly costs
them their lives.
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NASA Group
Five Astronauts Selected, April 1966
- Vance
D. Brand
- Bull,
John S.
- Carr,
Gerald P.
- Duke,
Charles M. "Charlie" Jr.
- Engle,
Joe H.
- Evans,
Ronald E.
- Givens,
Edward G., Jr.
- Haise,
Fred W., Jr.
- Irwin,
James B. "Jim"
- Lind,
Don L.
- Lousma,
Jack R.
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- Mattingly,
Thomas K., II
- McCandless,
Bruce, II
- Mitchell,
Edgar D.
- Pogue,
William R.
- Roosa,
Stuart A.
- Swigert,
John L., Jr.
- Weitz,
Paul J.
- Worden,
Alfred M.
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June 3 - 6, 1966 |
Thomas P. Stafford and
Eugene A. "Gene" Cernan orbit in Gemini 9.
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July 18 - 21, 1966 |
John W. Young and
Michael Collins orbit in Gemini 10.
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September 12-15,
1966 |
Charles 'Pete'
Conrad and Richard F. "Dick" Gordon orbit in
Gemini 11. Gordon and Conrad orbited the Earth 44 times.
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November 11 - 15,
1966 |
James A. Lovell and
Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin orbit in Gemini 12. The
Last Gemini Program Flight.
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Apollo Program
Begins |
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