Gemini III
Gemini III (GT-3) was the first crewed Earth-orbiting spacecraft of the Gemini series. It was piloted by astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young, with the primary objective of demonstrating the crewed qualifications of the Gemini spacecraft.
Gemini III mission patch featuring the spacecraft name, Molly Brown, as well as the names of its prime crew members:...
S64-25295 (March 1964) --- Astronauts Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom (right) and John W. Young, prime crew for the first manned...
S64-19432 (13 April 1964) --- Left to right are astronauts John W. Young, Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra Jr....
Gemini III crew members Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom (left) and John W. Young are wearing their spacesuits, helmets and portable...
S64-40294 (19 Nov. 1964) --- Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom (center) and John W. Young (left), prime crew for the Gemini-Titan...
S65-13391 (6 Jan. 1965) --- Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom (left), Gemini-Titan 3 command pilot; and John W. Young, pilot, are...
S65-13395 (6 Jan. 1965) --- Gemini-3 spacecraft (final configuation) during test at Boresight Range, Merritt Island launch area.
S65-13394 (6 Jan. 1965) --- Gemini-3 spacecraft (background) on tower at Boresight Range, Merritt Island launch area, showing simulator in...
S65-13243 (6 Jan. 1965) --- Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, Gemini-Titan 3 command pilot, is shown entering the Gemini-3 spacecraft for...
Astronauts John Young and Gus Grissom are pictured during water egress training in a large indoor pool at Ellington Air...
S65-22670 (8 March 1965) --- Astronaut John W. Young, the pilot of the Gemini-Titan 3 prime crew, is shown suited...
S65-20639 (18 March 1965) --- Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, Gemini-Titan 3 command pilot, reclines on a couch in the Pad...
S65-20641 (1965) --- Astronauts John W. Young (left), pilot, and Virgil I. Grissom, command pilot, for the Gemini-Titan 3 flight,...
S65-20627 (20 March 1965) --- Crew members for the NASA Gemini-Titan 3 mission go over the map of the orbital...
S65-17399 (March 1965) --- Two cameras which will be used on the Gemini-Titan 3 orbital flight. The lighter colored one...
S65-20429 (21 March 1965) --- Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, command pilot for the Gemini-Titan 3 mission, receives an eye examination...
Astronaut John Young, the pilot of the Gemini III mission, inspects his helmet in the ready room in preparation for...
S65-23486 (23 March 1965) --- Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, command pilot of the Gemini-Titan 3 space flight, is shown in...
S65-23485 (23 March 1965) --- Astronaut John W. Young, pilot for the Gemini-Titan 3 mission, is in his space suit...
CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. -- At Cape Kennedy Air Force Station in Florida, Gemini 3 pilot John W. Young is followed...
S65-20994 (23 March 1965) --- A member of the Gemini-Titan 3 prime crew is seen walking onto the gantry ramp...
S65-19225 (23 March 1965) --- This view of astronauts John W. Young (left), pilot, and Virgil I. Grissom, command pilot,...
John W. Young (1930-2018), born on Sept. 24, was NASA's longest-serving astronaut and the only astronaut to fly missions in...
On March 23, 1965, astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom and John W. Young participated in the first crewed Gemini flight,...
S65-22665 (8 March 1965) --- Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, the command pilot of the Gemini-Titan 3 prime crew, is shown...
NASA's second round of human space flights got off the ground 40 years ago with the launch of Gemini III...
The first crewed Gemini flight, Gemini III, lifted off Launch Pad 19 at 9:24 a.m. EST on March 23, 1965....
S65-10461 (23 March 1965) --- Overall view of the Gemini-Titan 3 on Launch Pad 19, with erector lowered. The GT-3...
S65-18200 (23 March 1965) --- Overall view of the Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas...
S65-18063 (23 March 1965) --- Astronaut Clifton C. Williams is shown at console in the Mission Control Center (MCC) in...
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey (left) visits the Mission Control Center at what was then called Cape Kennedy during the...
S65-18759 (23 March 1965) --- Astronaut John W. Young took this picture of clouds over the Indian Ocean during the...
S65-18740 (23 March 1965) --- Astronaut John W. Young took this picture during the second orbit of the Gemini-Titan 3...
S65-18752 (23 March 1965) --- View of a cloudy part of Earth as seen from the Gemini-3 spacecraft while in...
S65-19229 (23 March 1965) --- The Gemini-Titan 3 spacecraft is shown in the water after the March 23rd four-hour and...
Gemini III pilot John Young waits in a life raft to be picked up by a helicopter during recovery operations...
S65-18713 (23 March 1965) --- Astronauts John W. Young (left) and Virgil I. Grissom are shown during their first inspection...
