Below are excerpts from a February 1965 Popular Science Magazine from my personal collection.
The Gemini spacecraft is far more than just a Mercury built for two. Besides being half again as roomy and twice as heavy as Mercury was, it is much more complex and efficient. That is because it will have many intricate tasks to perform before it completes its 12 schedulded missions.
Those missions will include flights lasting as long as two weeks. They will include practice rendezvous with another spacecraft in orbit (an Agena D rocket will play the supporting role). After rendezvous, Gemini will try space-docking, by sliding its nose into a socket in one end of the Agena D. In addition, Gemini's two astronauts will depressurize their cabin, open its hinged hatches, and take turns floating about on tethers, as future astonauts must be able to do if they are to make repairs en route or build space stations in orbit.
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