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The Race to the Moon
1966
March 16, 1966
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Mission: Gemini 8
Crew: Neil Armstrong, David Scott
Duration: 10 hours, 41 min, 26 s
Launch vehicle: Titan
Milestone: Accomplished first docking with another space vehicle, an unmanned Agena stage. A malfunction caused uncontrollable spinning of the craft; the crew undocked and effected the first emergency landing of a manned U.S. space mission.
June 3-6, 1966
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Mission: Gemini 9A
Crew: Thomas Stafford, Eugene Cernan
Duration: 3 days, 21 hours
Milestone: Titan
Milestone: Rescheduled from May to rendezvous and dock with augmented target docking adapter (ATDA) after original Agena target failed to orbit. ATDA shroud did not completely separate, making docking impossible. Three different types of rendezvous, two hours of EVA, and 44 orbits were completed.
July 18-21, 1966
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Mission: Gemini 10
Crew: John Young, Michael Collins
Duration: 2 days, 22 hours, 46 min, 39 s
Milestone: Titan
Milestone: First use of Agena target vehicle's propulsion systems. Spacecraft also rendezvoused with Gemini VIII target vehicle. Collins had 49 minutes of EVA standing in the hatch and 39 minutes of EVA to retrieve experiment from Agena stage.
43 orbits completed.
September 12-15, 1966
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Mission: Gemini 11
Crew: Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon
Duration: 2 days, 23 hours, 17 min, 8 s
Milestone: Titan
Milestone: Gemini record altitude, 1189.3 km (739.2 mi), reached using Agena propulsion system after first orbit rendezvous and docking. Gordon made 33-minute EVA and two-hour standup EVA. 44 orbits.
November 11-15, 1966
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Mission: Gemini 12
Crew: James Lovell, Buzz Aldrin
Duration: 3 days, 22 hours, 34 min, 31 s
Milestone: Titan
Milestone: Final Gemini flight. Rendezvoused and docked with its target Agena and kept station with it during EVA. Aldrin preformed one space walk and two standup exercises totaling 5 hours, 30 minutes of EVA time.
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