Project Gemini

by Eugen Reichl

In just two-and-a-half years, beginning in 1964, two unmanned and ten manned flights took place in the Gemini program. This program was the turning point in the space race with the USSR; from then on the Americans took the lead. Flights lasting two weeks, into the Van Allen Belt, the first extravehicular activities, rendezvous maneuvers and docking with other spacecraft--all of this was achieved by Gemini, paving the way for the more demanding moon...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764350706
• ISBN13: 9780764350702
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"