On March 16, 1966, the crewed Gemini 8 spacecraft became the first to dock with another spacecraft in space. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and David ...

On March 16, 1966, command pilot Neil Armstrong and pilot David Scott successfully docked their Gemini VIII spacecraft with the Agena target vehicle, the first-ever linking of two spacecraft together ...

While most attention surrounding Houston's role in getting Americans to the moon in the 1960s tends to center on the Apollo program, the one that preceded it tends to get short shrift. The Gemini ...

Commander Tom Stafford and pilot Gene Cernan preparing to board Gemini 9 shortly before launch Commander Tom Stafford and pilot Gene Cernan preparing to board Gemini 9 shortly before launchNASA Editor ...

Once America's most experienced astronaut, Apollo 13's Jim Lovell, who died at 97, was the first to visit the moon twice.

On Dec. 15, 1965 — 60 years ago Monday — two crews of NASA astronauts met for the first time in Earth orbit. Trouble was: That hadn’t been the original plan. NASA had turned yet another disappointing ...