As NASA pushed the boundaries of human endurance in space 60 years ago, the Gemini VII mission revealed not only the possibilities of long-duration orbital flight but also the physical challenges ...

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 ...

While most attention surrounding Houston's role in getting Americans to the moon in the 1960s tends to center on the Apollo program, the one that preceded it tends to get short shrift. The Gemini ...

The earliest photographs taken by American astronauts in space have been restored to extraordinary detail, revealing the tense, daring, and often overlooked beginnings of human spaceflight. The images ...

James Lovell was a legendary astronaut who was part of multiple famous missions, including one disastrous one. He was a “veteran of the Gemini VII, Gemini XII, and Apollo 8 missions before becoming ...

Sixty years ago today, astronauts Jim Lovell and Frank Borman blasted off from Cape Kennedy aboard Gemini VII, embarking on a mission that would redefine the limits of human endurance and pave the way ...

Andy Saunders, author of "Gemini and Mercury Remastered," talked about his process of remastering the most famous photographs of NASA's space program.

Project Gemini was a crucial stepping stone to the Apollo moon landings. Gemini astronauts pioneered spacewalking and spacecraft docking techniques. Gemini missions were incredibly risky, with ...

Discover NASA’s full form, its missions, workforce, achievements, and how the agency advances space exploration, science, ...

James Lovell was a legendary astronaut who was part of multiple famous missions, including one disastrous one. He was a "veteran of the Gemini VII, Gemini XII, and Apollo 8 missions before becoming ...