Project Gemini: Bridge to the Moon

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

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Marc Averback

Narrator

Charlie Bassett

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Frank Borman

Frank Borman

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Eugene Cernan

Self

Charles Conrad

Charles Conrad

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Gordon Cooper

Gordon Cooper

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Richard Gordon

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Gus Grissom

Gus Grissom

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Jim Lovell

Jim Lovell

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Creative team

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

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