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Project Gemini Mission Patches
Project Gemini was America's second manned space program. It consisted of 10 manned missions from 1965 to 1966. The purpose of these flights was to develop and text technologies and procedures in preparation for the upcoming Apollo missions to the Moon. The first flight of project Gemini was Gemini 3. Astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young tested the maneuverability of the new spacecraft during 3 orbits. During Gemini 4, astronaut Edward White became the first American to walk outside the spacecraft. Gemini 5 featured the first use of an embroidered mission insignia on an astronaut uniform. Mission patches became standard on all future manned space flights. Other Gemini missions tested vehicle docking procedures which would be critical for the upcoming Apollo program. The Gemini program came to a close with the launch of Gemini 12 on November 11, 1966. The Gemini program paved the way for the Apollo program, which would take the first humans to the Moon.
![Gemini 3 Mission Insignia](assets/patches/Gemini-3.png)
![Gemini 3 Alternate Mission Insignia](assets/patches/Gemini-3a.png)
![Gemini 4 Mission Insignia](assets/patches/Gemini-4.png)
Gemini 3
Launch: March 23, 1965Gemini 3
Alternate VersionLaunch: March 23, 1965
Gemini 4
Launch: June 3, 1965![Gemini 4 Alternate Mission Insignia](assets/patches/Gemini-4a.png)
![Gemini 5 Mission Patch](assets/patches/Gemini-5.png)
![Gemini 7 Mission Patch](assets/patches/Gemini-7.png)
Gemini 4
Alternate VersionLaunch: June 3, 1965
Gemini 5
Launch: August 21, 1965Gemini 7
Launch: December 4, 1965![Gemini 6A Mission Patch](assets/patches/Gemini-6A.png)
![Gemini 8 Mission Patch](assets/patches/Gemini-8.png)
![Gemini 9A Mission Patch](assets/patches/Gemini-9A.png)
Gemini 6A
Launch: December 15, 1965Gemini 8
Launch: March 16, 1966Gemini 9a
Launch: June 3, 1966![Gemini 10 Mission Patch](assets/patches/Gemini-10.png)
![Gemini 11 Mission Patch](assets/patches/Gemini-11.png)
![Gemini 12 Mission Patch](assets/patches/Gemini-12.png)
Gemini 10
Launch: July 18, 1966Gemini 11
Launch: September 12, 1966Gemini 12
Launch: November 11, 1966![](assets/patches/spacer.png)
![Gemini Program Insignia](assets/patches/Gemini.png)
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