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Gemini 8 tribute

2,478 views · Published 25 August 2013 · 5:40 · Indexed 20 October 2026

Channel: Jarrah White · 2013 · People & Blogs

With one year to the day that Neil Armstrong passed away the internet is alive with tributes to his Apollo 11 mission. There are almost no tributes to his other space mission - the one that was actually for real and ultimately accomplished more. I am of course talking about Gemini 8.

While I do not believe the Apollo moon missions were real, I am all in favour of giving credit where credit is due. I have always admired Neil Armstrong and David Scott for their role in the Gemini 8 mission. This flight was the first mission to dock in space and the two ultimately almost sacrificed their lives to pave the way for an orbital maneuver so common that we now take for granted.

One thing that I really wanted to do in honour of that accomplishment was produce a feature-length movie re-enacting Gemini 8. But lacking an exact life size replica of the Gemini capsule and the Gemini spacesuits, I had to settle for this music video made from NASA stock footage and cgi animations from the HBO series "From The Earth To The Moon". Maybe some day.

Gemini 8 tribute

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