|Goals||Long-duration spaceflight; rendezvous and docking;
extra-vehicular activity; targeted re-entry and Earth landing|
|Achieved||Eight-day flight necessary for Apollo; 14-day
endurance flight; first American spacewalk; first rendezvous;
first docking; demonstrated ability to work in EVA without
tiring| |Vehicles||Launch: Titan II GLV Other: Agena, docking
target |Related programs||Mercury and Apollo| Project Gemini was
the second human spaceflight program of NASA, the civilian space
agency of the United States government. Project Gemini was
conducted between projects Mercury and Apollo, with ten manned
flights occurring in 1965 and 1966. Its objective was to develop
space travel techniques in support of Apollo, which had the goal
of landing men on the Moon. Gemini achieved missions long enough
for a trip to the Moon and back, perfected extra-vehicular
activity (working outside a spacecraft), and orbital maneuvers
necessary to achieve rendezvous and docking. All manned Gemini
flights were launched from Cap