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Project Gemini: Bridge to the Moon

Project Gemini: Bridge to the Moon

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Project Gemini: Bridge to the Moon

2003

1h 3m

7.0(2 votes)

Documentary

Overview

All of the necessary technologies required to reach the Moon was first tested during Project Gemini, which comprised of ten missions in the mid-1960s.

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10 featured cast members

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Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin

Self

Marc Averback

Narrator

Charlie Bassett

Self

Frank Borman

Frank Borman

Self

Eugene Cernan

Self

Charles Conrad

Charles Conrad

Self

Gordon Cooper

Gordon Cooper

Self

Richard Gordon

Self

Gus Grissom

Gus Grissom

Self

Jim Lovell

Jim Lovell

Self

Creative team

Directed by: Elliot Haimoff
Written by: Andrew Chaikin
Barbara Sharp

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