This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
| This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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A Trip Into Space  Earth The Oceans The Earth - Rendezvous Of Two Manned Space Vehicles Over The Pacific Ocean |
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Photograph taken from Gemini 6 of Gemini 7 during the first rendezvous of two manned space vehicles. The spacecraft were about 300 km (185 miles) above the Pacific and about 12 m (40 feet) apart when this image was taken. The two capsules came within 2 meters (6 feet) of each other at closest approach. (Gemini 6A, S65-63204)
Last Update: 2004-Nov-28