Gemini 7 in orbit,seen from the Gemini 6A spacecraft during rendezvous manouvres. These two spacecraft launched separately,Gemini 7 on 4 December 1965,and Gemini 6A on 15 December 1965. They then manoeuvred to meet in orbit,several hundred kilometres above the Earth's surface. The two spacecraft came within a few metres of each other,but never touched,achieving one of the mission aims of orbital rendezvous. On board Gemini 6A were the US astronauts Wally Schirra (1923-2007) and Thomas Stafford (born 1930),while on board Gemini 7 were Frank Borman (born 1928) and Jim Lovell (born 1928) | |
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