| THE GEMINI PROGRAM | ||
Another set-back touched the mission of Gemini 9. The original crew members were killed while flying in a NASA T-38 training aircraft. The airplane crashed into a building that housed the spacecraft that was to carry the two into space. They were killed instantly, and 14 people on the ground were injured. The new, re-organized mission became Gemini 9A, to show that there had been a change in the mission. The changes would eventually determine who would first set foot on the lunar surface. |
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