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Agena and Gemini of Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) from November 11, 1966
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Titan, Gemini 12, liftoff
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Titan, Gemini 12, liftoff |
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1966-11-11 |
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The Gemini 12 astronauts James Lovell and Edwin Aldrin lifted off aboard a Titan launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center on November 11, 1966. an hour and a half after their Agena target vehicle was orbited by an Atlas rocket. The Gemini Program was an intermediate step between Project Mercury and the Apollo Program. The major objectives were to subject are two men and supporting equipment to long duration flights, to effect rendezvous and docking with other orbiting vehicle, and to perfect methods of reentry, and landing the spacecraft. |
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Atlas-Agena, Gemini 12, laun
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Atlas-Agena, Gemini 12, launch |
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1966-11-11 |
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The launch of an Atlas-Agena booster carrying the target vehicle for the Gemini 12 mission on November 11, 1966. The Gemini Program was the intermediate step between the Project Mercury and the Apollo Program. Major objectives of the Gemini Program were to subject two men and supporting equipment to long duration flights, and to effect rendezvous and docking with other orbiting vehicles. |
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