They developed techniques for advanced space travel. These were necessary for Apollo, whose objective was to land humans on the Moon.
The Gemini missions were designed to bridge the gap between the small Mercury mission and the much larger and more demanding Apollo moon missions. Gemini developed orbital rendezvous, navigation, guidance and docking techniques alongside testing various parts and components to be fitted to the future Apollo spacecraft. Gemini 12 was the last Gemini flight in 1966.
No missions in the Gemini program landed on the moon. Only missions 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 17 in the Apollo program landed on the moon.
Project Gemini, originally named Mercury Mark II, was the second US space program. It was a bridge from project Mercury to the Apollo moon missions program. The spacecraft carried two people and tested rendezvous and docking.
The moon missions were given the name of Apollo.
The NASA missions which landed humans on the moon were called the Apollo Moon missions.
The Gemini missions were designed to bridge the gap between the small Mercury mission and the much larger and more demanding Apollo moon missions. Gemini developed orbital rendezvous, navigation, guidance and docking techniques alongside testing various parts and components to be fitted to the future Apollo spacecraft. Gemini 12 was the last Gemini flight in 1966.
No missions in the Gemini program landed on the moon. Only missions 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 17 in the Apollo program landed on the moon.
Project Gemini, originally named Mercury Mark II, was the second US space program. It was a bridge from project Mercury to the Apollo moon missions program. The spacecraft carried two people and tested rendezvous and docking.
The moon missions were given the name of Apollo.
The NASA missions which landed humans on the moon were called the Apollo Moon missions.
"Apollo" missions.
Gemini was originally considered an extension of the Mercury missions, and was originally just designated Mercury Mark II. However, the purpose of the Gemini and follow on Apollo missions was to gain experience in space and test the technologies that would take us to the moon and back, as mandated by President John F. Kennedy.
Previous manned spaceflight missions included the Mercury Program and the Gemini Program.
Gemini
Project Gemini was the second human spaceflight program of NASA that aimed to develop the capabilities and techniques necessary for the Apollo missions to land astronauts on the Moon. It focused on tasks such as spacewalks, docking of spacecraft, and long-duration missions. Gemini missions also helped in understanding the effects of long-duration spaceflights on astronauts.
The moon missions were given the name Apollo.
Apollo