american gemini missions astronouts

	Virgil I. Grissom John W. Young	23 March 1965 Gemini 3				First to perform orbital maneuvers.
	James A. McDivitt Edward H. White	3 June 1965 Gemini 4		7 June 1965 Gemini 4		First American EVA.
	L. Gordon Cooper Charles P. Conrad	21 August 1965 Gemini 5		29 August 1965 Gemini 5		First one week spaceflight. Cooper becomes the first person to orbit the Earth on two different missions.
	Frank F. Borman James A. Lovell	4 December 1965 Gemini 7		18 December 1965 Gemini 7		First two-week spaceflight. First space rendezvous in history with Gemini 6A.
	Walter M. Schirra Thomas P. Stafford	15 December 1965 Gemini 6A		16 December 1965 Gemini 6A		First space rendezvous in history with Gemini 7.
	Neil A. Armstrong David R. Scott	16 March 1966 Gemini 8		17 March 1966 Gemini 8		First docking in space in history with Agena Target Vehicle Planned EVA canceled due to early re-entry necessitated by stuck thruster.
	Thomas P. Stafford Eugene A. Cernan	3 June 1966 Gemini 9A		6 June 1966 Gemini 9A		First backup crew to fly space mission.
	John W. Young Michael Collins	18 July 1966 Gemini 10		21 July 1966 Gemini 10		First rendezvous with two different objects.
	Charles P. Conrad Richard F. Gordon	12 September 1966 Gemini 11		15 September 1966 Gemini 11		Held altitude record prior to lunar missions (1374 km).
	James A. Lovell Edwin E. Aldrin	11 November 1966 Gemini 12		15 November 1966 Gemini 12		First manual rendezvous. Miscellaneous scientific experiments.