In March 1966, astronaut Neil Armstrong nearly died during an in-flight emergency while attempting to orbit the Earth as part ...
Newly revealed photographs by Army veteran and photographer Ron McQueeney document the immediate aftermath of NASA’s Gemini 8 ...
The first planned artificial gravity experiment took place in late 1966, but the first human on the Moon beat them to it.
Neil Armstrong photos from NASA's 1966 Gemini 8 emergency splashdown near Japan are now public, donated to the Armstrong Air ...
Previously unreleased photos show new angles of Armstrong and fellow astronaut David Scott after a splashdown off Okinawa, ...
On March 23, 1965, NASA astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young made history as the first crew to fly aboard the Gemini spacecraft, launching on the Gemini III mission and ushering in a new era of human ...
On March 16, 1966, the crewed Gemini 8 spacecraft became the first to dock with another spacecraft in space. [‘On This Day in ...
James McDivitt, a former NASA astronaut who commanded the Gemini IV and Apollo 9 missions, died in his sleep last week in Tucson, Arizona, NASA said in a statement Monday. He was 93. McDivitt was ...
Nasa has released a huge online gallery of restored photographs from Project Gemini -- the agency's second human spaceflight program and the important baby steps towards landing on the Moon. After ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON — NASA will honor astronaut James “Jim” Lovell, Jr., with the presentation of an Ambassador of Exploration Award for his contributions to the U.S. space program. During a ceremony Friday, ...