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Space Rocket History #52 - Gemini 1 - Test Flight - Part 2
One second after 11 o’clock Wednesday morning, April 8th 1964, the Titan II booster’s first-stage engine ignited. Four seconds later, the 156 ton...
Space Rocket History #51 - Gemini 1 - Test Flight - Part 1
“The primary objective of the first Gemini mission, was to prove that the Titan II was capable of launching the Gemini spacecraft into orbit within...
Space Rocket History #50 - Blue Gemini - 1963
“Blue Gemini” was the tag name for an Air Force manned space flight program to develop rendezvous, docking, and transfer for military purposes,...
Space Rocket History #49 - Gemini Systems Design - 1962
On January 3 1962, “Gemini” became the official designation of the Mercury Mark II program. The name had been suggested by Alex  Nagy of NASA...
Space Rocket History #48 - Gemini Design - 1961
“The main trouble with the Mercury capsule was that most system components were in the pilot’s cabin; and often, to pack them in this very...
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