Astronauts Virgil (Gus) Grissom (left), Gemini-3 command pilot; and John Young, pilot., crew of the first manned Gemini spaceflight Gemini 3

Astronauts Virgil (Gus) Grissom (left), Gemini-3 command pilot; and John Young, pilot., crew of the first manned Gemini spaceflight Gemini 3 Stock Photo

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