The plight of Gemini 8 seemed desperate enough while it tumbled out of control on its high orbit. Last week, when the perils of that wild ride were reviewed at a Houston press conference, Astronauts ...

Gemini 8 was in trouble. After completing the first space docking with another craft, it begins to spin uncontrollably. Ditching protocol, commanding officer Neil Armstrong tries an unorthodox plan. A ...

“We’ve got serious problems here. We’re tumbling end over end, and we’ve disengaged from the Agena.” That ominous message from the two-man spaceship Gemini 8 alarmed a nation grown accustomed to ...

Naha Port, Okinawa, March 18, 1966: Two astronauts whose brush with disaster in outer space captured the world’s attention a few hours earlier are all smiles as they leave the destroyer Leonard Mason ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Pa. (WHTM) — After six successful missions NASA’s Mercury program came to end on May 16, 1963, when spacecraft Faith-7, carrying Astronaut L. Gordan Cooper, returned to Earth after 22 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A heat shield protected the Gemini ...