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The World’s First Space Rendezvous

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Tue, 15 Dec 2015 14:30:26 +0000
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gemini
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NASA
Rendezvous
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<p>Fifty years ago, on December 15, 1965, Gemini VI and VII met for the first rendezvous in space. This was not NASA’s original plan. Gemini VI, commanded by Mercury astronaut Wally Schirra and piloted by Tom Stafford, was supposed to have orbited on October 25, to rendezvous and dock with an Agena target vehicle. But&#160; &#160;<a href="http://blog.nasm.si.edu/space/first-space-rendezvous/">...Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.nasm.si.edu/space/first-space-rendezvous/">The World’s First Space Rendezvous</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.nasm.si.edu">AirSpace</a>.</p>
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