These NASA missions were not only a steppingstone to the Moon, but influenced many aspects of the way humans still travel ...

NASA approved the design of the new Gemini spacecraft. This small capsule could carry two astronauts into space at a time.

Gemini III lifted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, carrying astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom and John Young on America’s first ...

Sixty years ago, a NASA astronaut’s antics on a spaceflight into low-Earth orbit sparked a national controversy in the U.S.

On March 23, 1965, the United States launched the Gemini III spacecraft with astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young aboard, America's first ...

The First Spacewalk (1965): This iconic photo of Ed White floating freely during NASA’s Gemini 4 mission captured America’s first-ever spacewalk. It showed the world that humans could survive and move ...

Scientists have just discovered four small, rocky exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, the nearest single star to our solar system after the Alpha Centauri system, NASA announced. Located only six ...