April 26, 2025
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After Eight – The Importance of Test

Astronauts David R. Scott (left), pilot; and, Neil A. Armstrong (right), command pilot, pose with model of the Gemini spacecraft after being selected as the crew for the Gemini 8 mission.

In this episode of the Terranauts podcast we take a little bit more time to examine the events of Gemini VIII and what NASA learned from that experience. For one thing it learned the value of having test pilots as astronauts.  But it also learned that having a team on the ground  that could adapt to rapidly …

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