On Dec. 4, 1965, NASA launched the crewed Gemini 7 spacecraft on a two-week-long mission in low-Earth orbit.
This was the fourth crewed flight of NASA's Gemini program and the 12th crewed mission for the United States. NASA astronauts Jim Lovell and Frank Borman were aboard the Gemini 7 spacecraft. While they were in orbit, the Gemini 7 crew met up with two more NASA astronauts, Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford, who launched in another Gemini spacecraft 11 days into the mission. Their Gemini 6A spacecraft chased after Gemini 7 for a few and successfully performed the first-ever crewed rendezvous in orbit.
This was the fourth crewed flight of NASA's Gemini program and the 12th crewed mission for the United States. NASA astronauts Jim Lovell and Frank Borman were aboard the Gemini 7 spacecraft. While they were in orbit, the Gemini 7 crew met up with two more NASA astronauts, Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford, who launched in another Gemini spacecraft 11 days into the mission. Their Gemini 6A spacecraft chased after Gemini 7 for a few and successfully performed the first-ever crewed rendezvous in orbit.
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00:00On this day, in space.
00:03In 1965, NASA launched the crewed Gemini 7 spacecraft on a two-week-long mission in low-Earth orbit.
00:09This was the fourth crewed flight of NASA's Gemini program and the twelfth crewed mission for the United States.
00:14NASA astronauts Jim Lovell and Frank Borman were aboard the Gemini 7 spacecraft.
00:19While they were in orbit, the Gemini 7 crew met up with two more NASA astronauts,
00:23Wally Shira and Tom Stafford, who launched in another Gemini spacecraft 11 days into their mission.
00:29Their Gemini 6A spacecraft chased after Gemini 7 for a few hours
00:33and successfully performed the first-ever crewed rendezvous in orbit.
00:36And that's what happened on this day in space.
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