Gemini 8 Launch: First Orbital Docking by Armstrong and Scott, March 16, 1966
Launch of Gemini 8 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott. It would perform the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit.
Date: March 16, 1966
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