Thursday, December 5, 2013

Gemini VII

National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Today in 1965: Astronauts Frank Borman and James A. Lovell Jr. launched into orbit on Gemini VII. While in orbit, they participated in a historic first in spaceflight that was a critical step toward the Apollo Moon landings. Do you know what it was?
See the Gemini VII capsule on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA: http://s.si.edu/1dR0x0N


Today in 1965: Astronauts Frank Borman and James A. Lovell Jr. launched into orbit on Gemini VII. While in orbit, they participated in a historic first in spaceflight that was a critical step toward the Apollo Moon landings. Do you know what it was? See the Gemini VII capsule on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA: http://s.si.edu/1dR0x0N
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