James McDivitt, a former NASA astronaut who commanded the Gemini IV and Apollo 9 missions, died in his sleep last week in Tucson, Arizona, NASA said in a statement Monday. He was 93. McDivitt was ...

Commander Tom Stafford and pilot Gene Cernan preparing to board Gemini 9 shortly before launch Commander Tom Stafford and pilot Gene Cernan preparing to board Gemini 9 shortly before launchNASA Editor ...

"I felt like it was time to give the Gemini program its due. It was an opportunity not to be missed." NASA's 10 crewed Project Gemini flights, which launched in 1965 and 1966, were instrumental in ...

While most attention surrounding Houston's role in getting Americans to the moon in the 1960s tends to center on the Apollo program, the one that preceded it tends to get short shrift. The Gemini ...

Commander Tom Stafford and pilot Gene Cernan preparing to board Gemini 9 shortly before launch Credit - NASA The last thing Tom Stafford wanted to do was cut Gene Cernan loose in space. Stafford liked ...