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Space Rocket History #77 - Gemini IX-A with Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan - Part 1
After the untimely deaths of Elliot See and Charles Basset, NASA assigned the Gemini IX prime crew positions to Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan. Â This...
Space Rocket History #76 - Tragic Prelude to Gemini IX with Elliot See, Charles Bassett, Tom Stafford, and Gene Cernan
In October 1965, Elliot M. See and Charles A. Bassett II were selected to fly Gemini IX. Chief Astronaut Deke Slayton also told them that their backups...
Space Rocket History #75 - Luna 10, Surveyor 1, and Lunar Orbiter 1 - Scouting the Moon
In the 1960s, during the cold war, the US and Soviet Union turned their attention to the moon. The question was, who could place a man on the moon and...
Space Rocket History #74 - Gemini VIII with Neil Armstrong and Dave Scott - Part 3
Armstrong eased Gemini VIII toward the target at a barely perceptible speed of 8 centimeters per second. Then Armstrong gleefully reported, “Flight,...
Space Rocket History #73 - Gemini VIII with Neil Armstrong and Dave Scott - Part 2
This was the most complex mission attempted to date. The primary mission objectives were to perform rendezvous and four docking tests with the Gemini...
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