On March 31, 1962, NASA approved the design of the new Gemini spacecraft. This small capsule could carry two astronauts into space at a time. NASA created the Gemini program to help the U.S. get ready ...

Six decades have now passed since some of the most iconic Project Gemini spaceflights. The 60th anniversary of Gemini 4, when Ed White conducted the first US spacewalk, came in June. The next mission, ...

John Glenn ate pureed beef and veggies from a tube, but today's astronauts get fresh fruit and meals designed by celebrity chefs.

On November 11, 1966, the Gemini 12 mission launched. Gemini 12 was the last mission of the Gemini program. It had two astronauts on board: Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin. NASA wanted to send humans to ...

Fifty years ago, the two-tiered NASA mission Gemini 7/6A made history by proving that two independently launched spacecraft piloted by astronauts could meet up while orbiting Earth. Humankind’s first ...

The new book "Gemini and Mercury Remastered" features iconic images from the earliest days of human space exploration ...

A "deeply personal" set of images filmed by NASA astronauts which includes the first ever selfie taken in space has been ...

James A. Lovell Jr., one of the three astronauts aboard the harrowing Apollo 13 lunar mission, died August 7 in Lake Forest, Illinois, according to a news release from NASA. He was 97 years old.