THIS DAY IN HISTORY: NASA’s Gemini II Spacecraft Launches From Cape Kennedy 60 Years Ago
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – On January 19, 1965, NASA’s Gemini II spacecraft launched from Cape Kennedy (now Kennedy Space Center) in Florida. This suborbital flight marked the final test before the first crewed mission of the Gemini Program, an essential step in the United States’ journey to landing humans on the Moon.