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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.

NASA launches Gemini 11 crewed mission (Conrad and Gordon)

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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