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60 years after Gemini, newly processed images reveal details


“It’s that level of risk that they were taking. I think that’s what really hit home.”…

As we stand at the threshold of a new space age, heading back to the Moon, onward to Mars and beyond, the photographs taken during Mercury and Gemini will forever symbolize and document the beginning of humankind's expansion out into the cosmos. After being informed his heat shield may have come loose, John Glenn is holding steadfast in the face of real uncertainty, as he observes the retro pack burn up outside his window, illuminating the cabin in an orange glow, during re-entry on February 20, 1962. After being informed his heat shield may have come loose, John Glenn is holding steadfast in the face of real uncertainty, as he observes the retro pack burn up outside his window, illuminating the cabin in an orange glow, during re-entry on February 20, 1962.

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