Project Gemini was a series of two-man, Earth-orbital missions that pioneered rendezvous, docking, and maneuvering in-space, as well as spacewalking - all of which had to be perfected before there was ...

Project Mercury, America’s first human space program ... Of the 16 men who flew the 12 Gemini missions between March 1965 and November 1966, all but five later visited the Moon and six walked ...

It was a tall order. The Mercury missions showed that astronauts could live in space for up to a full day. And the Gemini missions built on this experience to make spectacular progress.

Mercury will finish transit in Taurus on June 14 at 11:05 pm and move into its sign, Gemini. It will stay in Gemini until June 29 at 12:26 pm, after which it will enter Cancer. Let's read how ...