Overview of Gemini project

The spacecraft consists of a reentry module and an equipment module, with a total length of 5.74 meters, a bottom diameter of 3.05 meters and a top diameter of 0.98 meters. The return capsule consists of a cockpit section, a docking section and a recovery section, with a height of 3.32 meters. After intense development and ground test, 1 launched the unmanned spacecraft Gemini1on April 8, 1964 for in-orbit flight test, but it was not recovered. After targeted improvement, Gemini 2 was launched in 196565438+1October19 for unmanned orbital flight test, but it has not been recovered.

As the transition from "Mercury" to "Apollo" project, the United States implemented the Gemini project from 196 1 1 to 1966 1. Its main task is to research and develop manned moon landing technology and train astronauts' ability of long-term flight and extravehicular activities. The plan lasted five years and completed 10 manned flights around the earth, each with two people, at a cost of nearly $654.38+0.3 billion.