Gemini 6A
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Gemini 6A was a 1965 crewed United States spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. The mission, flown by Wally Schirra and Thomas P. Stafford, achieved the first crewed rendezvous with another spacecraft
Gemini VI-A (foreground) and Gemini VII make the first rendezvous in orbit between two crewed spacecraft
Stafford and Schirra before the pre-launch countdown
The Atlas-Agena launches the Agena Target Vehicle for the intended Gemini 6 rendezvous mission, attempted October 25, 1965 but fails.
The launch abort of Gemini 6A, attempted December 12, 1965
Gemini 7
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Gemini 7 was a 1965 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was the fourth crewed Gemini flight, the twelfth crewed American spaceflight, and the twentieth crewed spaceflight including Soviet
Gemini 6A
…Gemini program. The mission, flown by Wally Schirra and Thomas P. Stafford, achieved the first crewed rendezvous with another spacecraft, its sister Gemini 7. Although the Soviet Union had twice previously launched simultaneous pairs of Vostok spacecraft, these established radio contact with each other, but…
Gemini 7 as seen by Gemini 6A
(L-R) Lovell, BormanProject Gemini← Gemini 5Gemini 6A →
Lovell before the launch, in the special G5C spacesuit, which had a zippered hood with a visor instead of a solid helmet.
Gemini 7 heads into space