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How much did NASA's Project Gemini cost between 1962 and 1967, in 1967 dollars?

Project Gemini was NASA's second human spaceflight program, flown with two-astronaut capsules to perfect orbital rendezvous, docking and long-duration flight needed for the Apollo Moon landings, and ran from 1962 to 1967. The Space Review states that the program cost USD 1.3 billion in 1967 dollars over its six-year life, matching Wikipedia's infobox, while Wikipedia also cites a January 1969 NASA report to Congress that put Gemini at USD 1.2834 billion (USD 797.4 million for spacecraft and USD 409.8 million for launch vehicles).

Reported project cost

$1.3 billion

Cost basis: 1967

This photograph of the Gemini 7 spacecraft was taken from Gemini 6 during rendezvous and station keeping maneuvers at an altitude of approximately 160 miles above the Earth. Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 launched on December 15, 1965 and December 4, 1965, respectively. Walter M. Schirra, Jr. and Thomas P. Stafford on Gemini 6 and Frank Borman and James A. Lovell on Gemini 7 practiced rendezvous and station keeping together for one day in orbit.

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Reported project cost1967
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Project record

Timeline

  1. 1962

    Construction started

    The Space Review
  2. 1967

    Completed

    The Space Review

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