Show: It's Not Rocket Science

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This week on It’s Not Rocket Science, we have Gemini 8, where the goals were to dock with the Agena target craft, and conduct the longest spacewalk up to that point…but something goes very wrong, and Neil Armstrong has to think on his feet to save the crew.

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On this week of It’s Not Rocket Science, we’re going to be tackling the angry alligator — the weird and perilous mission on Gemini 9 where a tragedy took the lives of two astronauts, a spacewalk almost failed, and where a docking with the Agena never happened.

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This time on It’s Not Rocket Science we’re continuing our conversation on Project Gemini. We’ll be getting into Gemini III and IV, the first crewed missions of the program. We’ll hear about the first American spacewalk and how two astronauts got in trouble over a corned beef sandwich.

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We’re embarking on a multi-part series covering the amazing achievements of Project Gemini. It made the 1969 Moon landing possible, but it’s frequently overlooked. For this episode, we’ll just get our toes in the water and do a quick overview of why it was important. Next time, we’ll get into the Gemini III and IV missions

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