A Titan II rocket took off from Cape Kennedy and carried a 6,900-lb. Gemini capsule 99 miles high. No attempt was made to orbit; the capsule arched like a missile and plunged down at 16.600 m.p.h ...

When working outside the spacecraft, astronauts wore G4C suits with extra cover layers and equipment. Some Gemini spacewalks lasted more than 2 hours. ・MK V – High-altitude pressure suit ...

under the high-radiation conditions of deep space for future missions. The spacecraft remained at the record-setting altitude for about 10 hours, the minimum time needed for data collection ...

20 min. Cooper’s flight signaled the end of the Mercury program and the start of the Gemini series of earth orbits in a two-man capsule. Gemini fell two years behind schedule because of ...