NASA Gemini Era First Day Cover – December 15, 1965

NASA Gemini Era First Day Cover – December 15, 1965

• NASA Gemini Era First Day Cover
• Dated: December 15, 1965
• Gemini - Launched from Cape Kennedy, FL
• EX NASA Employee Collection
• ~ Project Gemini ~

Project Gemini was NASA's second human spaceflight program. Conducted between projects Mercury and Apollo, Gemini started in 1961 and concluded in 1966.

Gemini's objective was the development of space travel techniques to support the Apollo mission to land astronauts on the Moon.

The astronaut corps that supported Project Gemini included the "Mercury Seven", "The New Nine", and the 1963 astronaut class. During the program, three astronauts died in air crashes during training, including both members of the prime crew for Gemini 9.