Gemini was the second major project in the United States' manned spaceflight effort. This title will examine each two-man mission to test equipment and techniques to be used by the later Apollo missions to the Moon. These include docking maneuvers and spacewalks, all untested before the Gemini missions. Will also examine the parallel space exploration efforts of the Soviet Union during this period. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to...

Highlights the accomplishments of the twelve missions of the Gemini Program, including the first manned space flight and the first extravehicular activity or walk in space.

"The late command pilot of the first Gemini mission, who died in the tragic Apollo fire, tells of the hard work, companionship, and the minute by minute excitement and triumph of actual space flight."

Discusses Project Gemini's two unmanned and ten manned missions; spacewalking, the spacewalkers, and their Soviet counterparts; and moving on to Project Apollo and the moon.

Contains rare archival footage and newsreels from the Apollo missions including the pioneering Mercury and Gemini programs.