The forgotten dress rehearsal that made Apollo possible — and almost killed everyone trying.
All of the necessary technologies required to reach the Moon was first tested during Project Gemini, which comprised of ten missions in the mid-1960s.
Direction
Haimoff lets 16mm film breathe — no CGI, all stakes.
Practical Effects
Every frame is real hardware, real risk, real sweat.
Director
Elliot Haimoff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Elliot Haimoff shot additional interviews in 2002 specifically to capture aging astronauts before memory loss — several had undiagnosed dementia.
The film's obscurity mirrors Gemini itself: sandwiched between heroic failure (Apollo 1) and triumph (Apollo 11), it's the forgotten middle child of American space mythology.
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