Project Gemini took place between the Mercury program, which was the United States' first human spaceflight program, and the Apollo program, which put the first human on the Moon. Mercury sent astronauts to space for longer periods of time than previously. This allowed NASA to learn more about space's effects on the human body—in preparation for sending humans to the Moon. NASA was also able to test and refine key technologies. The Gemini program flew 10 crews to space, and included feats such as the first U.S. spacewalk.
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Students will learn about the US's first human journeys into space in order to will crack the codes from the different NASA missions to gain the final passcode for the Artemis future missions to Mars!
NASA's Michael Collins explains how astronauts communicate with Earth while they are far away in space.
NASA Astronaut, Michael Collins, recounts the exciting use of space satellite technology during the NASM grand opening.
