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===  Project Gemini was Nasa's second human spaceflight program. The Space Craft carried a two- astronaut crew to the low earth orbit or low atmosphere. It helped lead the Space Race with the Soviet Union. The Space Race was a race to see which country could get to the moon the fastest. The objective of the program was to develop space travel techniques to help astronauts land on the moon. ===

===  The program started in 1961. The Gemini program primarily tested equipment and mission procedures for future Apollo missions. The project ended in 1966 due to budget cuts for future Apollo missions and other procedure testings. ===

===  Project Gemini perfected extra vehicular activity. Extra vehicular activity is any activity done by an astronaut done outside of the spacecraft beyond Earth's appreciable atmosphere. Mainly this mission was used to get ready for the moon and helped get the astronauts ready with moon landing procedures and instructions. Also, this was used to get new vehicles tested for a major projects for the future. Astronauts also had to learn how to walk on the moon. ===

===  This space program affected the state of Florida Majorly. It both positive and negative affects on the state of Florida. It had brought tourism to the state of the Florida because of all the space launching and brand new space crafts being built. It help bring many students to the state of Florida to universities like USF and FSU. Astronautics is the the science and technology of human space travel and exploration. Also it made everyone want to become an astronaut so many people started to study astronautics and astrophysics. There are a few negative affect because of the Gemini Project and that was the space pollution. Space boosters and rockets become dead weight and so they just dispose of it it in space. Other space pollution include satellites and broken or lost equipment. Also space program presents a safety hazard to all who try to travel in space. ===

===  The Gemini program helped in advanced in technology. It helped enhance many space craft models for space travel. It also help invent the revolutionary spacecraft “ The Big Gemini”. The Big Gemini was proposed to by NASA by McDonnell Douglas as an advancement in the Gemini Program. Instead of having only two astronauts in one space craft in the revolutionary spacecraft it could now carry twelve. This spacecraft was used to refill space stations with supplies and help bring cargo or supplies to it. The Space program had a major impact on the state of Florida. It supplied new industries and helped with the astronomical one too. ===