A 50 anniversary

Sometimes we forget

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March 16 is a double anniversary for space travel – it's the 90th anniversary of the launch of the first liquid-fueled rocket by Dr. Robert Goddard, but also the 50th of the first time mankind successfully docked two spaceships, with the flight of Gemini VIII.

People tend to forget NASA's Gemini missions – so named because the craft carried two astronauts.

The Mercury launches got Americans into orbit for the first time, while Apollo got us onto the moon, but it was the Gemini missions that made that moonshot possible and, fittingly enough, it was Neil Armstrong that captained Gemini VIII.

[theregister.co.uk...]

This was the first docking in orbit. Nearly killed the crew. That part we don't remember. * Still, kudos to all involved and when can I book my flight to Mars?

_{*unless you were paying attention}

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I've always been interested in space and as a child i'd dream of space flight. Now it's a reality, if you have the money, i'm not so keen and would rather keep my feet on the ground. Even so, i'm still fascinated by space.