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