Specifically, Gemini 8, whose 50th anniversary has just passed. In fact, if it weren’t for the extremely quick thinking of a first-time astronaut named Neil Armstrong, Gemini 8’s crew would ...

Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon ... He was assigned as command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission. Gemini 8 was launched on March 16, 1966, and Armstrong performed the first ...