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[youtube_video] http://youtu.be/TAgP8zfjaEY [/youtube_video] Video courtesy of Spacecraft Films On June 6, 1966, the Gemini IX-A crew returned to Earth under the parachutes of their Gemini spacecraft; thus drawing to a close one of the most complex and dangerous missions in human space flight history. The mission had already lost its prime crew in […] Photo Credit: NASA / Retro Space Images Remembering Gemini 9 — Gene Cernan became the second American to walk in space on this date in 1966. This retro NASA art release shows how the original EVA plans looked.
Like what you see? Then check out: Retro Space Images Want to keep up-to-date […] Photo Credit: NASA / Retro Space Images A Gator With Teeth — Remembering Gemini 9 and the ATDA that Tom Stafford named “the angry alligator.” Like what you see? Then check out: Retro Space Images Want to keep up-to-date with all things space? Be sure to “Like” AmericaSpace on Facebook and follow us […] [youtube_video]http://youtu.be/mOdcUwlWBDc[/youtube_video] Video courtesy of Spacecraft Films On June 3, 1966, the Gemini IX-A crew thundered into orbit—and the history books—atop their Titan launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. It would become one of the most complex and dangerous missions in human space flight history. The mission had already […] Photo Credit: NASA / Retro Space Images Astronaut Training — Gemini 9 astronaut Eugene Cernan during a recovery training exercise in the Gulf of Mexico aboard the MV Retriever in 1966. Like what you see? Then check out: Retro Space Images Want to keep up-to-date with all things space? Be sure to “Like” […] [youtube_video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExEX4k8fpuI[/youtube_video] Video courtesy of AmericaSpace CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – AmericaSpace was deeply honored to have Apollo astronaut Thomas P. Stafford sit down with us and discuss what made him want to become an astronaut, what his experiences were like in the early days of the Space Age and what his hopes were for […] |
 Next Launch NROL-44 on a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral AFB, FL scheduled for: 1 Oct 20 at 3:54 GMT 30 Sep 20 at 11:54pm Eastern 
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