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NASA launches Gemini 11 crewed mission (Conrad and Gordon)

NASA launched the Gemini 11 two-man spacecraft from Cape Kennedy on a mission flown by astronauts Pete Conrad and Richard Gordon to rendezvous and dock with an Agena target vehicle and conduct extravehicular activity.

Gemini 11 demonstrated high-altitude rendezvous and docking, two-person EVA operations, and other techniques critical to the upcoming Apollo lunar program, marking a key technical advance during Johnson's administration.

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