Gemini
Gemini. Mercury had one astronaut at a time, Gemini had two, and Apollo had three.
The Apollo 11 was a bigger spacecraft ,then mercury or Gemini spacecraft.
Soft landings were made in the Pacific Ocean when Mercury, Gemini and Apollo spacecraft returned home. The term "splashdown" was applied to the end of the ride. Surf the link to our friends at Wikipedia and check out the maps while snagging a few particulars.
An Apollo spacecraft. As part of the Mercury project he was the first American in space.
He first flew the Mercury spacecraft in 1961 then Apollo 14 in 1971.
The first mission was the Mercury one manned spacecraft, Gemini was a two man spacecraft and Apollo was a three man mission.
Apollo is the name of the American spacecraft and Soyuz is the name of the Russian spacecraft.
N.A.S.A made and chose the Apollo spacecraft as a three seater space mission.Compared to one astronaut in the Mercury and two astronauts in the Gemini.
The American spacecraft used to travel to the moon were called Apollo spacecraft. Specifically, the Apollo program was responsible for sending astronauts to the moon between 1969 and 1972.
The Apollo spacecraft used for all Apollo mission between 1968 and 1975 was built by the North American aviation company under contract to NASA. It was designed using knowledge gained during the previous Mercury and Gemini space programs, although these spacecraft had been designed by McDonnell Douglas.
The internal temperature of the Apollo 13 spacecraft varied depending on the specific location within the spacecraft. Generally, it was maintained between 60 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit (15.6 to 26.7 degrees Celsius) for the comfort of the astronauts.
Series of 12 two person spacecraft launched into earth orbit by the U.S. between 1964 and 1967, following the one person Mercury program and before the three person Apollo program.