Essential Experience
The president’s pledge led the NASA space program to accelerate its Gemini missions throughout the 1960s. Aldrin flew on the Gemini XII, which was the final mission from 1966. In about two years, the program perfected many maneuvers and operations that were needed for the moon landing.
Essential Experience
Failure to Launch
The next step for the project of getting a man on the moon was the Apollo program from NASA. It didn’t get off to the best start. Ultimately, a three-man crew was supposed to launch aboard the Apollo 1, but they were all killed during a practice take-off drill in 1967. However, things were on track again in October of 1968.
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Failure To Launch