🌍 This is a real photograph of Earth taken during the Gemini missions in the 1960s. At this time humans had only recently learned how to reach space and stay in orbit. For the astronauts on board this view was something no one in history had ever seen with their own eyes. The spacecraft was orbiting a few hundred kilometers above Earth. From that height the atmosphere becomes a thin glowing layer and the planet looks soft and curved against the black of space. Images like this helped scientists

On April 8, 1964, NASA launched the first uncrewed test flight of the new Gemini spacecraft. Discover space history 👉 https://trib.al/sMLY47R This was the very first mission of Project Gemini, which would later send crews of two into orbit. NASA flew a total of 12 Gemini missions, 10 of which had crews on board. For this first mission, NASA was testing the structural integrity of the crew capsule and the rocket. The launch vehicle was a modified version of the U.S. Air Force's intercontinental

With just one week until Christmas, #WorldNewsTonight celebrates American-made products this holiday season. From sunglasses worn by JFK and NASA Gemini astronauts to brass buttons for the crew of the Titanic back in 1912, David Muir shares #MadeinAmerica gifts. https://abcnews.link/8yIFumN | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir