#Project Gemini

[lonestarflight]

Armstrong and Scott with Hatches Open

"Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R. Scott sit with their spacecraft hatches open while awaiting the arrival of the recovery ship, the USS Leonard F. Mason after the successful, but early, completion of their Gemini VIII mission. They are assisted by USAF Pararescuemen Eldrige M. Neal, Larry D. Huyett, and Glenn M. Moore. The overhead view shows the Gemini 8 spacecraft with the yellow flotation collar attached to stabilize the spacecraft in choppy seas. The green marker dye is highly visible from the air and is used as a locating aid."

Date: March 16, 1966

NASA ID: S66-18602

#GT-8 #GT-VIII #Gemini 8 #Gemini VIII #SC8 #NASA #Gemini Program #Project Gemini #splash down #recovery #March #1966 #Pacific Ocean #USS Leonard F. Mason #USS Leonard F. Mason (DD-852) #Gearing class #Destroyer #ship #United States Navy #US Navy #Navy #USN #my post

[humanoidhistory]

Snapshots from the Gemini 7 mission, December 4-18, 1965.

#gemini 7 #gemini 6 #earth #space #history #nasa #project gemini #gemini program #1965 #1960s #december 4

[commodorez]

Gemini 3 Interior

Grissom Memorial, Spring Mill State Park, Mitchell, IN

#gemini 3 #gus grissom #project gemini #gemini

[beauty-funny-trippy]

Ejection-Seat Test, Project Gemini (1961-1966), NASA

#NASA #amazing #history #space #retro #vintage #science #ejection seat #project gemini #1960s #explosion #video #videos #aerospace #aesthetic #physics #test #beauty-funny-trippy

[stone-cold-groove]

From 1965: earth view from the Gemini-Titan 3 mission.

#nasa #gemini mission #spacecraft #space exploration #astronauts #project gemini #titan rocket #gemini titan #space photographs

[the-technicolor-whiscash]

Today also marks the anniversary of the first unmanned Gemini flight, GT-1, which launched on April 8th, 1964, marking a promising (if sometimes slightly harrowing) start for the Gemini program. You can watch select footage of the flight here:

#the whiscash administration #nasa #project gemini #gemini program #Youtube

[astronotmovie]

Preparing to board. Astronauts Pete Conrad & Gordon Cooper get set for Gemini 5, Aug 1965. The 7 day, 23 hour mission was the 1st time NASA held the world record for duration in space, having beat the USSR’s Vostok 5’s accomplishment in 1963. Hurricane Betsy’s impending presence cut G5’s mission short a day. The cabin size of the Gemini capsule was equivalent to the front seat of a VW Beetle. Nearly 8 days spent in such a small space. Incredible achievement.

#gemini 5 #astronauts #pete conrad #gordon cooper #1965 #astronaut #project gemini #nasa #space exploration #space travel #space race #1960s #vintage space #space #space age #nasa astronauts #nasa photos #spacemen #kennedy space center #space explorers #space program #space flight

[missionspecialist]

Does anyone know what all the assigned specializations of the Gemini astronauts were? Like, the New Nine and the the 3rd astronaut group all got assigned fields of specialization (for example, Collins: EVA, Young: space suits, Borman: booster rockets). I could have sworn someone was assigned general astronaut safety stuff, but I can’t find who it was?

#please help me out here guys lmao #I could just be mixing this up with all of john young's safety notes but I feel like this was a separate thing #nasa #project gemini

[omgcaptainroyblog]

Crossroads-Project Gemini: After the Fall

#youtube #fanfilm #star trek fan production #crossroads #project gemini #star trek #constar #star trek cosplay #vandenbos #avalon

[ajroach42]

What the Eff is Gemini

I've been talking about gemini a bunch today, but I haven't really explained, and there are a bunch of new people here who've never seen this stuff before, so let me explain.

(If you're reading this post on Gemini, this probably isn't for you. I'm posting it here because here is where I will post things moving forward. Feel free to yell at me.)

Gemini is an attempt to reimagine a world wide web that is smaller (the the smallpunk/small things manifesto sense), that is able to be understood, that cannot spy on you, that is human centric. It's a protocol (that is, a way for software to talk to other software), and a network (that is, a bunch of computers), and a hypermedia web (you know, a collection of files that link to one another, like the internet that you're used to), all of which are designed to be small, simple, and easy to understand.

Lots of other people have explained this better than I will:

Gemini on Wikipedia

An interview with Solderpunk about the inspiration and the creation of Gemini!

Official Gemini FAQ

So what's the big deal?

The big deal is that the modern internet sucks. It started as something to share knowledge, and quickly became a platform for survielance and exploitation. Gemini was designed with the knowledge of how the promise of the web was stolen from us, and designed to be something apart from that, and immune to the ways the first web failed. It isn't a replacement for the modern web, it's just a small weird corner where we can make things and tell stories and find a community.

It is playful. Embrace it.

Small Things

I've written at length about why we need to reject things that were designed to extract profit at the expense of all us. I called this idea The Small Things Manifesto. Other folks have been calling it smallpunk.

The Small Things Manifesto

Gemini is the web reimagined through the lens of human scale anticapitalism.

Great, how do I join in?

Well, that part is kind of complicated. I use a browser called LaGrange. I'm using a server called GemServ. On mobile, I use Buran.

I'm working on a guide to reading and writing on gemini for non-technical users, but that will come at another time. Until then, take a look at Yesterweb Cities.

Lagrange

Gemserv

yesterclub cities (originally posted at gem.ajroach42.com/posts/2022-11-07-What-the-eff-is-gemini.gmi )

#geminispace #gemini #project gemini #small web

[lonestarflight]

"View of a cloudy part of Earth as seen from the Gemini-3 spacecraft while in orbit."

Date: March 23, 1965

NASA ID: S65-18752

#GT-3 #GT-III #Gemini 3 #Gemini III #SC3 #Molly Brown #NASA #Gemini Program #Project Gemini #Gemini Titan #March #1965 #Earth #Space #my post

[countesspetofi]

This show is RIDDLED with twins, and they’re all sitting around wondering what “Project Gemini” could possibly be about...

#the pretender #1990s tv #season 3 #1990's sci fi #conspiracy theories #project gemini

[commodorez]

Gemini 3

Gus Grissom and John Young March 23, 1965

Grissom Memorial, Spring Mill State Park, Mitchell, IN

#gemini #project gemini #gemini 3 #gus grissom #john young #spring mill state park

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

Artemis is a great name for a lunar exploration program, so why the hell did we call the first one Apollo? Artemis is the goddess of the Moon! Apollo is her twin, sure, but he's the exact opposite, the god of the sun! It would be like naming a Mars mission Aphrodite instead of Ares because Aphrodite is Ares' lover, even though Aphrodite is clearly a name for a Venus program.

Mercury made sense because it was the first American spaceflight program and Mercury is the first planet from the sun, but it was also symbolic for carrying humanity's message to space.

Gemini made sense because the spacecraft was designed for two people, and Gemini represents the twins Castor and Pollux.

Apollo is just back-assward. It doesn't make sense.

#artemis program #artemis #apollo program #apollo #mercury program #gemini program #project mercury #project gemini #project apollo #project artemis #moon #the moon #space #nasa #lunar exploration

[stone-cold-groove]

Astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin executing an EVA during the Gemini 12 mission - 1966.

#nasa #gemini mission #spacecraft #space exploration #astronauts #project gemini #titan rocket #gemini titan #space photographs #buzz aldrin #eva #space walk

[the-technicolor-whiscash]

obsessed with the energy of the room where the astronauts prepared for Gemini III. Mustard yellow chair that matches the booties. Green ottoman. The Contraptions. just the worst mottled carpet(?) you've ever seen. grandma's attic curtains. And Gus Grissom just kicked back in a spacesuit, seconds away from a nap. Incredible. You could not have created a more 60's room.

#the whiscash administration #project gemini #gemini program