December 23, 2024

On This Day in Space! Sept. 14, 1966: Gemini 11 sets all-time altitude record

ALProject Gemini: NASAs 2-Person Space Missions in PicturesAstronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., pilot for the Gemini-11 spaceflight, returns to the hatch of the spacecraft following extravehicular activity (EVA) on Sept. 13, 1966. (Image credit: NASA) Gemini 11 command pilot Pete Conrad and pilot Dick Gordon invested three days orbiting the Earth in their cramped Gemini spacecraft. On This Day in Space Archive!Still not sufficient space?