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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY

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columbia crew

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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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY

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                              Sandy Kozel

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GEMINI 7 LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1965

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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.

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lovell today          borman now
James Lovell, 85 (3-25-1928)                      Frank Borman, 85 (3-14-1928)

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MOON MISSION ENDED ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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Apollo 12 Command Module Yankee Clipper on display at the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton, Virginia

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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.

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SECOND LANDING ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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Left to right: Mission Commander Charles “Pete” Conrad, Command Module
Pilot Richard F. Gordon, and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean

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