But the closest NASA came to losing astronauts during the race to the Moon was a little-known incident in 1966, during the Gemini missions. Specifically, Gemini 8, whose 50th anniversary has just ...

The history of Texas’ legacy in the space race from the ’60s-’70s is a storied one, and it started with a lot of hard work by ...

The unmanned GATV would be launched separately and inserted into orbit, with a manned Gemini launched shortly afterward. The mission plan was for the Gemini crew to locate the GATV, catch up to it ...

From the Mercury and Gemini missions that first sent Americans into space to the Apollo missions that landed them on the moon, Kraft was a visionary, the nucleus of NASA. The agency's first flight ...

McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, has died. He was 93. McDivitt was also the commander of 1965’s Gemini 4 mission ...

The history of Texas’ legacy in the space race from the ’60s-’70s is a storied one, and it started with a lot of hard work by the Lone Star State to get America’s astronauts up to the stars.