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60 Years On: Gemini III Pioneered Path to the Moon
Gemini III lifted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, carrying astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom and John Young on America’s first ...
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Pre-Apollo Manned American Space Missions
It was a tall order. The Mercury missions showed that astronauts could live in space for up to a full day. And the Gemini missions built on this experience to make spectacular progress.
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The Space Race
October 11-12: After extensive redesign work, Apollo 7, commanded by Wally Schirra (the only astronaut to command Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions) enters earth orbit in the first test of the ...
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65 years ago, America announced the names of its first astronauts
Schirra flew on Mercury-Atlas 8 and went on to command Gemini 6A and Apollo 7. Cooper was launched on the final crewed Mercury mission – MA-9, and subsequently commanded Gemini 5. Grissom flew ...
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Space Failures Likely Will Have Positive Consequences
So, yeah. Our continued space adventures will likely include explosions and failed landings (but please not this week). But ...
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A History Written in the (Lone) Stars
The history of Texas’ legacy in the space race from the ’60s-’70s is a storied one, and it started with a lot of hard work by the Lone Star State to get America’s astronauts up to the stars.