[pics] For Your Astronomers/Historians: March To The Moon Image Gallery

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Link: March to the Moon Image Gallery

 

Pictures from the Mercury and Gemini missions can be viewed here.

 

Summary of Project Mercury

 

Mercury Redstone 1A (MR-1A) 19 December 1960, suborbital.

Mercury Redstone 2 (MR-2) 31 January 1961, suborbital, carried chimpanzee "Ham".

Mercury Redstone 3 (MR-3) 5 May 1961, suborbital, piloted by Alan Shepard.

Mercury Redstone 4 (MR-4) 21 July 1961 piloted by Gus Grissom, film was lost when the spacecraft sank. (Images not available)

Mercury Atlas 4 (MA-4) 21 February 1961, 1 orbit.

Mercury Atlas 5 (MA-5) 29 November 1961, 2 orbits, carried chimpanzee "Enos".

Mercury Atlas 6 (MA-6) 20 February 1962, 3 orbits, piloted by John Glenn.

Mercury Atlas 7 (MA-7) 24 May 1962, 3 orbits, piloted by Scott Carpenter.

Mercury Atlas 8 (MA-8) 3 October 1962, piloted by Wally Schirra.

Mercury Atlas 9 (MA-9), 15 May 1963, piloted by Gordon Cooper.

 

Summary Of Project Gemini

 

Gemini III 23 March 1965, first crewed flight

Gemini IV 3-7 June 1965, first EVA

Gemini V 21-29 August 1965. first week-long flight, first fuel cells

Gemini VII 4-18 December 1965, first rendezvous with crewed vehicle (Gemini VI-A)

Gemini VI-A 15-16 December 1965, first rendezvous with crewed vehicle (Gemini VII)

Gemini VIII 16-17 March 1966, first docking (Agena target vehicle)

Gemini IX-A 3-6 June 1966, three rendezvous

Gemini X 18-21 July 1966, first use of docked Agena to propel Gemini spacecraft

Gemini XI 12-15 September 1966, docking and maneuvering with Agena, altitude record

Gemini XII 11-15 November 1966, first fully successful EVA (5 hours 30 minutes)

 

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Edited January 10, 2012 by 6Foot2
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