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100 points if you know the Gemini III spacecraft's nickname! 💯

The first crewed flight of the Gemini spacecraft and America's first space flight with TWO astronauts (Gus Grissom & John Young) was #OTD in 1961. More on the mission: https://go.nasa.gov/3n8COE9

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It was "The Unsinkable Molly Brown. A reference to Gus' Mercury capsule that sank. Also, the date on the post is wrong. It should be 3/23/1965.

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