Project gemini

What was Gemini?

• Project Gemini was NASA's second human spaceflight program.
• Conducted between projects Mercury and Apollo, Gemini started in 1961 and concluded in 1966.
• Ten Gemini crews flew low Earth orbit.

How was the project beneficial?

• It prepared NASA for the Apollo missions.
• It proved that astronauts could be in space.
• It put America ahead in the cold war space race.

Specs & Stuff

• As you can see the gemini pods were very small and didn't have much crawl space.

Fun Facts

• On one mission the astronauts stayed in space for 8 days.
• In 1965, Gemini 7 spent around two weeks suspended in orbit.

Cost & Time

• The program costs $1.3 billion in 1967 dollars during its six-year lifespan.(Or 7.3 billion today.)
• The project started in 1961 and concluded around 1966

Crew & People

• There were 10 manned missions with 2 people each on board.
• Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, were two of the original gemini pilots during the program.

Gemini's near you!

• There is currently a Gemini rocket in the Kennedy Space center in Merrit Island.
• It is pricey but you're able to go to the center for around $50 and see the pod along with a lot of other cool things.

Unmanned Gemini missions

• There were two Gemini missions that were unmanned, they were the first 2.
• Gemini I & II were launched by the Titan II rockets.
• Gemini I was essentially to test the pods, the second was to see if it was necessary to add a heat shield to the mix for the manned missions.

In conclusion

• The Projects were expensive but absolutely necessary towards collecting information on the effect on humankind and on the pods themselves in space.
• Space is cool.

Thank you.