Technology
November 25, 1966
I've spent several weekends this fall reading about rocket propulsion because I wanted to understand why liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen are used instead of, say, gasoline.
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Gemini
November 15, 1966
Gemini 12 splashed down yesterday and the Gemini program is over. Ten missions. Ten crews. Every major skill required for a Moon landing has been demonstrated. Rendezvous, docking, long-duration flight, spacewalks. We started two years ago not knowing if any of this was possible. We know now.
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Gemini Program
November 11, 1966
Gemini 12 splashed down today, and with it the Gemini program is complete. Buzz Aldrin spent five and a half hours outside the capsule.
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