SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 2:00 PM-5:00 PM ET
The Depot Museum at the John Hay Center
304 East Market Street
Salem, Indiana 47167
RAY BOOMHOWER will speak on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, at THE dEPOT mUSEUM.
Gemini 3: Gus Grissom, John Young, and the Flight of the Unsinkable Molly Brown
Indiana historian and biographer Ray E. Boomhower will examine the March 23, 1965, Gemini 3 mission that saw astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young make the first flight of the then-new Gemini spacecraft, a crucial part of America’s quest to land a man on the moon and return him safely to earth. The three-orbit mission had as its main goals testing the spacecraft’s orbit attitude and maneuvering system (a key to any future rendezvous and docking missions) and using the onboard computer to make a controlled reentry.
Boomhower will explore how the Gemini program followed the initial Mercury Project, Grissom’s role in the Gemini program, how the new spacecraft was named, and what happened on the mission, which included the first corned-beef sandwich in space.
To register, call 812-883-6495.