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The Gemini program |
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The Twins |
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The Gemini crew were Virgil "Gus " Grissom cdr & John WYoung plt |
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Gus flew the 2nd sub orbital flight in the Mercury program was the 1st cdr in the first Gemini flight and would of been the cdr on the 1st Apollo flight if not for the fire killing the crew in a training. |
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John also flew as cdr on Gemini x,he also flew Apollo 10 as cmp on the 2nd mission to orbit the Moon he was cdr for Apollo 16 which landed on the Moon at the Descartes highlands.He flew the first space shuttle mission and was also cdr for sts 9 |
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Gus Grissom cdr |
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John W Young plt |
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Gemini IV cfew were James A McDivitt cdr & Ed White plt |
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Jim Also flew as the cdr of Apollo 9 which tested the first launched LM in earth orbit |
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Ed lost a spare glove from the space craft as he started his space walk on Gemini IV,he was also slated to be senior plt on Apollo 1 until he was killed in a fire on the pad with Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee Jan 27 1967 |
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Ed White plt |
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James A McDivitt cdr |
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Gemini V crew were Gordon Cooper cdr &Charles "Pete"Conrad plt |
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Gemini V |
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Gordon flew Gemini V as cdr as well as being one of the Mercury 7 astro's |
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Charles flew Gemini XI as cdr with his Life long friend Richard Gordon as plt,he was also cdr for Apollo 12 along with Richard Gordon and Al Bean |
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Charles Conrad plt |
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Gordon Cooper cdr |
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Gemini VI-A |
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Gemini VI-A crew were Wally Schirra cdr & Tom Stafford plt |
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Wally apart from being one of the Mercury 7 was also the Cdr for Apollo 7 where all the crew famously came down with head colds |
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Tom was also cdr for Gemini IX-A &cdr for Apollo 10 which took the first LM to orbit and fly within landing distance of the Moon |
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Wally Schirra cdr |
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Tom Stafford plt |
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GeminiVII |
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Gemini VII crew were Frank Borman cdr & James Lovell as plt |
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Frank was also cdr of Apollo 8 with James as his cmp on the first Apollo mission to orbit the Moon |
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James was plt on Gemini VII he was also cdr for Gemini VII,he orbited the Moon on Apollo 8 as cmp and again as cdr on the ill fated Apollo 13 |
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James Lovell plt |
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Frank Borman cdr |
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Gemini VIII to XII |
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