I’ve always believed that, had he not been killed in the pad fire, Grissom would have been the first man to walk on the moon.

@@wadewilson524 Perhaps, but Armstrong was a civilian whereas Grissom was military. As a civilian organization, NASA decided to put Armstrong on the ground first, the Col. Aldrin second. In reality, either Armstrong or Grissom would have been a good choice.

@@RevMikeBlack Grissom was the lead Commander on both Gemini Apollo. He was the face of the NASA astronauts at the time, one of the Mercury 7 heroes, and by all accounts one of the brightest people in the program. NASA and the public would have loved nothing more than to have one of the Mercury 7 as the first man on the moon. The true Ace up Grissom’s sleeve though was his close relationship with both Slayton and Shepard - they had the most influence over crew assignments and would have gone to extremes to have Grissom be the one.

@@RevMikeBlack not what I read, Aldrin was too extrovert, would of boasted too much and milked it more then he has. He still managed to brag and 'claim he was the first', not for nothing he dragged a grudge.

@@wadewilson524 I have wondered about that. Do you think that the incident with Liberty Bell 7 would have been held against him? Though he was ultimately cleared of any wrong doing, I always had the impression that NASA had ill feeling toward him. There are instances of astronauts being sidelined for small infringements over the years and I would have thought that his ship going down under suspicious circumstances would have ruled him out for the first to set foot on the moon.

Gemini was actually a mini space station with all of the experiments and manuvours they pterformed.

He was the only astronaut to fly Gemini, Apollo and the Shuttle. In fact he did each twice: Gemini 3 and 10, Apollo 10 and 16, STS-1 and 9.

@@jacksons1010 I'm from Russia. On the 30th anniversary of the Gemini 3 flight in 1995, John Young replied to my letter and sent me an autographed photo of himself as a keepsake. He was and will probably remain forever the most successful astronaut in the world, who, as you noticed, flew on various spacecraft. I will add that the first flight of the Space Shuttle STS 1 was made for the first time in the world with people on board at once, which required special courage from him and Robert Crippen. Eternal memory to him.

And Gus was second in Mercury, first in Gemini, and was to be first in Apollo. Had he lived he would have walked on the moon.

@@robvilla622 True, and not only would Grissom have walked on the moon, there’s a fairly high probability he would have been the first. Deke Slayton always claimed he didn’t play favorites with mission assignments, but he sure did make room for Alan Shepard when he returned to flight status. No doubt in my mind he would have favored Grissom over Armstrong.

Young was also first person to orbit moon alone Apollo 10

Public!!? Ignorant pukes!!!

It's so true that Gemini was extremely important. The Moon landings never could have happened without Gemini paving the way. Rendezvous and docking were perfected by Gemini, as well as longer-term spaceflights, and EVAs.

@@deltatango5765 And they just looked so cool, I can't stop saying that! 🙂

@@tomstamford6837 Yes they did, very cool!

Same here. Much better times..

I'd say 99% professional. The 1% unprofessional is for the contraband corned beef sandwich that John Young snuck onboard 😛

Yeah, those 50's and 60's narrators DID have a distinct voice.

@@davidharrison3711 "Intrepiddd"

John Young did it all! Flew Gemini, Apollo, walked on the moon, first space shuttle pilot, this man is my hero

@@bigal1863 Yep, an astronaut's astronaut. I also loved his dry sense of humor.

@@captainyossarian388 Bob Crippen the pilot of the first shuttle, had a heart rate during launch of about 130bpm, while youngs never got above 90. Young stated “Yeah, well mine was too old to go any faster.” LOL What a pro.

anyone who can do what these guys did cannot be overlooked!

@@bigal1863 If I was Crippen I would have tackled and wrestled him!🤪😃🤓

That, and also the fact that it was "Gus sized" (Gus being the shortest of the astronauts). 🙂

Thanks. I saw that and clicked off immediately. What trash.

Any praise from LM5 is high praise!

Gemini had one-and-a-half times the habitable interior volume as Mercury, and two times the number of inhabitants.

The capacities per person in the capsule were similar to those of the Soyuz TMA. But Gemini did not have modules for work and rest.

Leonov's desperate struggle to reenter his capsule was maybe the best demonstration that the Soviets were behind in the space race but risked cosmonaut's lives for propaganda "firsts." Voskhod-1 was another, carrying three cosmonauts into orbit inside a capsule designed for two, with space suits omitted for several reasons. The Soviets' space program was secretive, the United States' plans were published in large 4 color magazines like "Life" and shown live on national broadcast TV. Ironically, uncharacteristically, in an attempt to feint the Soviets, Ed White's spacewalk was not announced beforehand. (Account from the excellent NASA web publication _"On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini"_ (search for the title, you won't be disappointed.))

He's lucky that he made it back inside the capsule!

Fire in the hole staging... second stage engine lights while the first stage is still burning, soon as it lights the explosive bolts separate the stages and first stage engines shut down. Sporty! Same method the Soviets used on their R-7 and Proton and N-1... why they had the open "V" truss structure between stages, to let the rocket exhaust out the sides as the upper stage engines fired up.

@@lukestrawwalker Very different from the Saturn V, as the engines ignited after staging.

@@gasaholic47 Yes Saturn V used a totally different staging system. First stage engines shut down, then the explosive bolts holding the stages together at the upper Y-ring of the lower stage fired, Simultaneously 8 retrorockets under the outer F-1 conical fairing fired, blowing off the fairings and applying backward thrust to the coasting lower stage. At almost the same time, 4 (was originally 8 but only four were found to be needed so 4 were deleted on further flights) prograde separation solid rockets in the interstage ring fired to impart acceleration to the second stage, settling the propellants in the bottom of the tanks and propellant lines for second stage engine startup, which occurred shortly thereafter. Once the second stage engines were fired up, the explosive bolts on the lower Y-ring of the second stage fired, and the interstage ring dropped away with the spent stage separation rockets. When the second staging event took place, the J-2's on the second stage were shut down, the explosive bolts at the top of the second stage interstage conical structure fired to free the third stage, and four retrorockets would fire to slow down the second stage as the third stage simultaneously fired its 2 stage separation solid rockets to settle the propellants in the third stage for ignition (ullage rockets). This separated the stages to avoid re-contact and ensure the third stage J-2 engine was free and clear of the conical interstage that remained connected to the top Y-ring of the second stage. Then the third stage single J-2 engine would fire up as the ullage solid rockets burned out. This was well developed technology by the time of Saturn V, but for the much earlier Titan which got its start as a nuclear missile, the first serially staged one at that, it was decided to use the much simpler and more reliable "fire in the hole" staging concept-- since the upper stage ignites while the first stage is still burning, it's under steady acceleration and there's no need for retrorockets on the first stage or ullage rockets on the second stage to ensure the propellants are settled and the turbopumps are starting with fuel at the inlets, for reliable upper stage engine ignition Plus it simplies staging as all you need to do is ignite the upper stage and shut down the first stage engines just after second stage ignition, and fire explosive bolts to free the upper stage to separate under its own thrust. That's why the Soviets used fire in hole staging almost all the time.

It was static electricity from the helicopter. An antenna needed to be cut off before they could hook it up. The crewman said when he cut the antenna it sparked, and set off the explosive bolts.

Navy guys always stick together!

Several years ago, for one of the earlier versions of the game Kerbal Space Program, there was a set of game mods that included historically accurate recreations of things like the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo spacecraft. Including interiors for when you wanted to shift the viewpoint to look at the controls inside the spacecraft. I mention this because there was - included in the interior cockpit of the Gemini - a corned beef sandwich featured prominently on the center console between the two pilot seats. Heh. 😄

I heard they also considered calling it Jackie Brown

@@sheltongolden4394 As portrayed by another unsinkable Hollywood actress.

"Monkeys? You think that a monkey knows that he's sitting on top of a rocket that might blow up? These astronaut boys, they know that, see?"

Young got into trouble over that. Grissom said he forgot to put mustard on it.

How about cave exploration! It can get VERY tight and claustrophobic!!! Ask Bill Stone! He is the ULTIMATE, PRIMO cave dude!!!👍👍👍😃

Imagine Frank Borman and John Lovell on the Gemini 7 mission sitting in that spacecraft for two weeks. At least they had the Gemini 6 rendezvous mission to break up the monotony.

Bwoop!

He Just checked if the alive;)

@@martinr1834 Why would only the faces in that segment be distorted? No other faces in this video are distorted like that.

Because your brain distorts things due to low IQ. It's almost like you're....stupid?

Because it didn’t get reported back then. I’m not sure what corruption you think is going on today.

_Pronunciation_ is the heading for the first section in the body after the introduction of the Wikipedia article _"Project Gemini"_

Ah yes, the infamous corned beef sandwich Young smuggled aboard.

Least didnt play with food like on ISS.

Haha too funny. Btw for those of you who think this is a recent WOKE conspiracy, the term "manned" was dropped from the MSC in Houston way back 50 plus years ago in the early 1970s and the terms "crewed" and "human spaceflight" were adopted by NASA and the commercial space industry more than two decades ago. Yes, that upset me a little too, but stop trying to look for conspiracies when there are none. Life might be more enjoyable that way!

You can prove it or it just helps you feeling existing?

How you about spend your life improving the world as opposed to be bitter about things? Stop being a crybaby, son. It's embarrassing to men.

Haha I might agree, but here are some facts to consider.... For those of you who think human spaceflight is a recent WOKE conspiracy, the term "manned" was dropped from the MSC in Houston way back 50 plus years ago in the early 1970s and the terms "crewed" and "human spaceflight" were adopted by NASA and the commercial space industry more than two decades ago. Yes, that upset me a little too, but stop trying to look for conspiracies when there are none. Life might be more enjoyable that way!

😂 Btw for those of you who think this is a recent WOKE conspiracy, the term "manned" was dropped from the MSC in Houston way back 50 plus years ago in the early 1970s and the terms "crewed" and "human spaceflight" were adopted by NASA and the commercial space industry more than two decades ago. Yes, that upset me a little too way back when, but stop trying to look for social- political conspiracies when there are none. Life might be more enjoyable that way!

@@deanhirasawa1414 "NASA" and the "commercial space industry" were wrong to drop the term "manned" and were caving to political correctness, which I totally reject. Trump 2024!!

@@stankakol5195: Take your politics elsewhere, son. Maybe you don't understand the engineering, or the science, but instead just come to talk like a "big" man about your personal fears. Stop being a RINO. Real conservatives aren't crybabies. They are doers. They don't beat their chests, they do things in life.