Project Gemini was a crucial stepping stone to the Apollo moon landings. Gemini astronauts pioneered spacewalking and spacecraft docking techniques. Gemini missions were incredibly risky, with ...

On March 16, 1966, Neil Armstrong, in front, and David Scott leave the suit up trailer to board the transfer van for the short trip to Launch Pad 19 at Cape Kennedy. Behind Scott is Chief Astronaut ...

NASA adds a docking test to its Artemis program ahead of astronaut lunar landing:: Cape Canaveral, Florida / February 27, ...

In 1966, Gemini 9 astronauts Elliott See and Charles Bassett were killed when their T-38 crashed in heavy fog during a routine training trip to St. Louis. The accident was a brutal turning point for ...

One of the greatest achievements in human space flight is also one that history overlooks. After the Mercury program—when the U.S. first launched astronauts into space—and before the Apollo program, ...

"Hooven-Dayton Co. [printer], November 1965." "This document supersedes document dated 15 March 1964 and includes change dated 31 December 1964." "Section 8 [Guidance and control systems] is contained ...