Project Gemini

Project Gemini (IPA: /ˈdʒɛmɪni/) shi ne shirin jirgin sama na ɗan adam na Amurka na biyu da ya tashi. An gudanar da shi bayan shirin jirgin sama na farko na Amurka, Project Mercury, yayin da shirin Apollo ya kasance a farkon ci gaba, an haifi Gemini a cikin 1961 kuma ya ƙare a 1966. Jirgin Gemini ya ɗauki ma'aikatan 'yan sama jannati biyu. Ma'aikatan Gemini guda goma da 'yan sama jannati 16 sun tashi a cikin ƙasa mara nauyi (LEO) manufa a lokacin 1965 da 1966.

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Ƙungiyar taurarin da aka sanya wa sunan aikin suna yawanci ana kiranta da /ˈdʒɛmɪnaɪ/, maɗaukakin  na ƙarshe da ido. Koyaya ma'aikatan Cibiyar Kula da Sararin Samaniya, gami da 'yan sama jannati, sun yi ƙoƙari su furta sunan /ˈdʒɛmɪni/, suna kaɗa da gwiwa. Daga nan ne ofishin kula da harkokin jama’a na NASA ya fitar da sanarwa a shekara ta 1965 yana bayyana “Jeh’-mih-nee” lafazin “hukuma”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gemini#cite_note-NYTFirstMan-4. Gus Grissom, wanda ke aiki a matsayin mai sadarwa na capsule na Houston lokacin da Ed White ya yi tafiyarsa a sararin samaniya a Gemini 4, an ji shi akan faifan jirgin yana furta alamar kiran kumbon "Jeh-mih-nee 4", kuma ana amfani da lafazin NASA a cikin fim ɗin shekarar 2018 na Farko.

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