i. Astronaut Frank Borman during the coundown for Gemini VII mission, Cape Kennedy, Florida, December 4, 1965
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered '65-H-1871' in black with NASA caption on verso

ii. Astronaut James Lovell Jr during final pre-flight preparations for Gemini VII mission, Cape Kennedy, Florida, December 4, 1965
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered '65-H-1872' in black with NASA caption on verso

iii. The Gemini VI Prime Crew en route to launch complex 19, Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left) and Walter M. Schirra Jr. (right), Cape Kennedy, Florida, December 8, 1965
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered '65-H-1938' in black with NASA MSC caption on verso

iv. Astronauts Dave Scott (left) and Neil Armstrong (right) prepare to enter the Gemini VIII spacecraft during a countdown simulation, Cape Kennedy, Florida, March 11, 1966
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, the top margin trimmed, 20.3 x 24.8cm (8 x 9³⁄₄in)

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The Gemini program was a series of preparatory spaceflight missions in eart orbit between 1965 and 1966. The Gemini missions took place between the Mercury and Apollo programs and provided invaluable results for future space missions. In particular, Gemini proved that NASA could perform spacewalks, a rendezvous between two modules while in space. 3 years after his mission aboard Gemini VIII (see iv.), Neil Armstrong would make history as the first human to step foot on the moon.