And a public grown almost blasé about news of men in orbit waited for the astronauts’ return with singular pride. While the World Watched. By the time Gemini 6 began its searing descent through ...

Six astronauts flew into space wearing the suit before NASA retired it from service. Gemini Suit (1965-1966) Gemini was NASA's second space program — and one with more ambitious goals.

Gemini 6 made the first-ever orbital rendezvous ... Armstrong undocked — but Gemini 8 started spinning even faster. The two astronauts’ vision began to blur; they were spinning at one ...

Late in the week, when accelerated preparations at Cape Kennedy all but guaranteed that Gemini 6 and Astronauts Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford would be ready to blast off by Sunday, Gemini 7 was ...