Gemini Program

Gemini 6 in space

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Only lasted from 1965-66.

Capsule held 2 astronauts.

12 flights.

First U.S. astronaut EVA (space walk) June 3, 1965 by Ed White II.

Capsule weighed 8,000 pounds and was 19 feet long.

First rendezvous and docking in space March 16, 1966

The rendezvous and docking was between Gemini 8 and an Agena target rocket (pilot Neil Armstrong).

 

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