Gemini XII was the last Gemini flight, and occurred on November 11-15, 1966. This was the tenth manned Gemini mission.
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Project Gemini ended on November 11, 1966 with the successful reentry and splashdown of Gemini 12.
He was in Project Mercury.
Edward White was the first person in project Gemini to walk in space.
The two projects before project Apollo were Project Mercury and Project Gemini. Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program in the United States, while Project Gemini was the second program that focused on developing space travel techniques to prepare for the Apollo missions to the moon.
Project Gemini was named after the constellation Gemini, as the capsule was built to carry two astronauts. The name also symbolized the program's focus on astronauts working together in pairs.
Project Gemini was the second human spaceflight program of NASA, the civilian space agency of the United States government. Project Gemini was conducted between projects Mercury and Apollo, with ten manned flights occurring in 1965 and 1966.