  
| Project Gemini (1964-1966) was the second of the United States man-in-space programs. The first program, Project Mercury, proved that man could survive extreme G-forces and the experience of weightlessness and that spacecraft and astronaut could be recovered safely. Project Gemini set out to accomplish several goals: rendezvous and docking; long-term flights; multiple-hour work outside the spacecraft; pinpoint re-entries; and advanced, reliable life-support and guidance systems. It was during Project Gemini that the U.S. passed the Soviet Union in the race to the Moon, and it was Project Gemini that taught the astronauts, as well as NASA, how to prepare for a flight to the Moon. |
AN IMAGE OF JIM LOVELL AND FRANK BORMAN
AFTER THE RECOVERY OF GEMINI 7 - A 14 DAY
ENDURANCE FLIGHT IN 1965.
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