These NASA missions were not only a steppingstone to the Moon, but influenced many aspects of the way humans still travel ...

NASA approved the design of the new Gemini spacecraft. This small capsule could carry two astronauts into space at a time.

Sixty years ago, a NASA astronaut’s antics on a spaceflight into low-Earth orbit sparked a national controversy in the U.S.

“We’ve got serious problems here. We’re tumbling end over end, and we’ve disengaged from the Agena.” That ominous message from the two-man spaceship Gemini 8 alarmed a nation grown ...

The plight of Gemini 8 seemed desperate enough while it tumbled out of control on its high orbit. Last week, when the perils of that wild ride were reviewed at a Houston press conference ...

The First Spacewalk (1965): This iconic photo of Ed White floating freely during NASA’s Gemini 4 mission captured America’s first-ever spacewalk. It showed the world that humans could survive and move ...

Lovell's career at NASA began in September 1962 and he embarked on his first space mission for the Gemini 7 mission on ...

Scientists have just discovered four small, rocky exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, the nearest single star to our solar system after the Alpha Centauri system, NASA announced. Located only six ...