Specifically, Gemini 8, whose 50th anniversary has just passed. In fact, if it weren’t for the extremely quick thinking of a first-time astronaut named Neil Armstrong, Gemini 8’s crew would ...

Gemini 8 was in trouble. After completing the first space docking with another craft, it begins to spin uncontrollably. Ditching protocol, commanding officer Neil Armstrong tries an unorthodox plan.

The handsome pilot of Gemini 8 was The Hero and none shared the spotlight ... He chuckled, acknowledging one youngster's sign, “Batman's Out – Neil Armstrong's In!” As hundreds leaned ...

Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon ... He was assigned as command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission. Gemini 8 was launched on March 16, 1966, and Armstrong performed the first ...

Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon marked the pinnacle of ... beginning with the single-seat Mercury, followed by the Gemini program where Americans learned to live in orbit, and culminating ...

In 1966, Armstrong took his first flight into space as the command pilot of Gemini 8. The mission was supposed to last three days. But less than 30 minutes after docking with another vehicle and ...

Meanwhile, Armstrong’s wife ... Despite a life-threatening malfunction during Gemini 8, Neil’s first mission into space is considered a success, and NASA makes plans to initiate a new program ...

68 items related to Aldrin's Apollo 11 and Gemini XII space flights were sold ... was the second person to walk on the moon, just after Neil Armstrong in the historic 1969 Apollo 11 flight.