Project Gemini

Project Gemini was NASA's second human spaceflight program. It was a United States space program started in 1961 and concluded in 1966. Project Gemini was conducted between projects Mercury and Apollo. The Gemini spacecraft carried a two-astronaut crew. Ten crews flew low Earth orbit (LEO) missions between 1965 and 1966. It put the United States in the lead during the Cold War Space Race against the Soviet Union.

Its objective was to develop space travel techniques to support Apollo's mission to land astronauts on the Moon. Gemini achieved missions long enough for a trip to the Moon and back, perfected working outside the spacecraft with extra-vehicular activity (EVA), and pioneered the orbital maneuvers necessary to achieve space rendezvous and docking. With these new techniques proven by Gemini, Apollo could pursue its prime mission without doing these fundamental exploratory operations.

All Gemini flights were launched from Launch Complex 19 (LC-19) at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station in Florida. Its launch vehicle was the Gemini–Titan II, a modified Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). Gemini was the first program to use the newly built Mission Control Center at the Houston Manned Spacecraft Center for flight control.

The Project

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The Project (film)

The Project is a BBC two-part 2002 television drama, directed by Peter Kosminsky from a script by Leigh Jackson.

The series presented a fictionalised account (though said to be closely based on research), seen through the experiences of three young activists, of developments in the Labour Party and its progress into Blairism, from the party's failure to win the 1992 General Election through its election victory in 1997 to its re-election victory in 2001.

The first part, "Opposition", was first shown on 10 November 2002, with the second part "Government" shown the next night (divided into two parts), both on BBC One. The cast included Matthew Macfadyen, Naomie Harris and Paloma Baeza.

The series was shown by the Franco-German network ARTE in September 2003, under the title Les années Tony Blair (The Tony Blair years) / Projekt Machtwechsel (Project Make-change).

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The Project (TV program)

The Project (previously The 7PM Project) is an Australian talk show and news-current affairs television program airing weeknights across Australia on Network Ten hosted by Waleed Aly, Carrie Bickmore and Peter Helliar, with rotating daily guest panellists.

The formerly half-hour-long show premiered on 20 July 2009 and airs live in the eastern states with delays in other states (as well as Queensland during daylight saving). It is produced from Network Ten's Melbourne studios. The Project draws its content and comedy from recent news stories and offers a sometimes alternative view to mainstream, sponsored news stories. It runs for 51 weeks of the year, taking brief breaks during the Christmas and New Year period.

Format

The program is hosted by Waleed Aly, Carrie Bickmore and Peter Helliar with regular guest panellists appearing during the week include Steve Price, Natasha Stott-Despoja, Todd Sampson, Meshel Laurie, Gorgi Coghlan, Mia Freedman, Gretel Killeen, Nicole Livingstone, Anthony 'Lehmo' Lehmann, Tommy Little, Kate Langbroek, Steve Vizard, Fifi Box, Dr Chris Brown. The hosts are also often joined by several special guests during the course of an episode.