[Project Gemini]

A HISTORIC MILESTONE IN THE SPACE PROGRAM, HUMANITY'S FIRST SPACE RENDEZVOUS, accomplished by Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford in the Gemini VI, and Frank Borman and James Lovell in the Gemini VII.

Gemini VII had been launched eleven days before Gemini VI, on 4 December 1965. Once Gemini VI achieved orbit, the spacecraft caught up to Gemini VII and the two ships maneuvered to within a few feet of each other during three Earth orbits, making history’s first crewed orbital rendezvous.