Made in America: NASA Gemini astronauts' sunglasses and Titanic crew's brass buttons

From sunglasses worn by JFK and NASA Gemini astronauts to brass buttons for the crew of the Titanic back in 1912, David Muir ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Sixty Years Ago, When Instruments Were Played in Space for the First Time, It Was ‘Jingle Bells’ All the Way

Astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra delighted mission control with their rendition of the Christmas classic ...
Highbrow Magazine

Inside the Forgotten Space Program That Made Landing on the Moon Possible

The crucial and groundbreaking Gemini missions came after the swaggering heroics of the Mercury flights, immortalized in book ...
ABC 7 Chicago

NASA astronaut James McDivitt, who led Gemini and Apollo missions, dies at 93

James McDivitt, a former NASA astronaut who commanded the Gemini IV and Apollo 9 missions, died in his sleep last week in Tucson, Arizona, NASA said in a statement Monday. He was 93. McDivitt was ...
Yahoo

OTD In Space – March 31: NASA Approves Gemini Spacecraft Design

On March 31, 1962, NASA approved the design of the new Gemini spacecraft. This small capsule could carry two astronauts into space at a time. NASA created the Gemini program to help the U.S. get ready ...
Space Coast Daily

NASA HISTORY: Gemini VII Crew Endured Longest U.S. Spaceflight in Lightweight, Hard-to-Remove Suits

As NASA pushed the boundaries of human endurance in space 60 years ago, the Gemini VII mission revealed not only the possibilities of long-duration orbital flight but also the physical challenges ...