it was a two-manned spacecraft. the gemini program was specifically to show that we could do a rendezvous and dock. in order to get to the moon, you had to have the capability of two weeks in space. you had to be able to rendezvous. you had to be able to do eva, get outside the spacecraft and have a guided reentry. we practiced all those missions in gemini. so gemini was an extremely part of theprogram. reporter: in 1964, on gemini iv the first american performed an eva, extra vehicular activity, or space walk. america was still playing catch-up, however. soviet cosmonaut had performed a space walk three months earlier. the big prize was still up there in the night sky and the gemini missions were moving forward. each one providing nasa with