This is the Gemini 12 Team, Including Griffin, Lovell, Cernan, and Gordon.
Astronaut Alan Bean, moonwalker.
Apollo Astronaut Richard Gordon and Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter.
John Kovac with the Explorer Space Shuttle, and a copy of my BLACKBIRD.
There is a fine line between fact and fiction, as I have stated before. I have had the good fortune to be able to meet with over 35 astronauts in the USA's real space program. These great American heroes have been part of the space program all the way back to the Mercury program and even before that. The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation event at Kennedy Space Center was a tremendous success, honoring the crew and support staff for the 45th anniversary of the Gemini 12 mission. This was the prelude to the first Apollo space craft, and ultimately the success of the Apollo program depended on the Gemini flights. There are thousands of pages written about the space program over the past 50 years, but nothing can compare to sitting down to a nice dinner, or breakfast, and listening to the stories told by those people who have literally gone where few others have gone before. I felt it an honor and privilege to have the opportunity to join in the celebration of the success of the space program of all those years ago.
