Back row, (L-R) Dr. David Brown, Dr. Laurel Clark, Payload commander Michael Anderson, Ilan Ramon. Front row, (L-R) Commander Rick Husband, Flight engineer Kalpana Chawla, Co-pilot William McCool. (NASA)
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GEMINI 7 LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1965
Crew members James Lovell and Frank Borman
Gemini 7 was the 4th manned Gemini flight with Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Borman
and Navy Comdr. James A. Lovell on board. They spent nearly 14 days in space
making a total of 206 orbits, and were joined by the Gemini-6A flight which then
performed the first rendezvous maneuver of manned spacecraft.
MOON MISSION ENDED ON THIS DAY IN 1969
Apollo 12 Command Module Yankee Clipper on display at the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton, Virginia
The Yankee Clipper returned to Earth at 3:58pm EST, in the Pacific Ocean, about
500 nautical miles east of American Samoa. After recovery by the USS Hornet,
they were flown to Pago Pago International Airport in Tafuna for a reception,
before being flown on a C-141 cargo plane to Honolulu.
SECOND LANDING ON THIS DAY IN 1969
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