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Gemini XI

Gallery from the three-day Gemini XI mission launched on September 12, 1966. Charles "Pete" Conrad and Richard Gordon achieved a one-orbit rendezvous with the Agena target vehicle and reached a record altitude of 843 miles.

S66-44308 (September 1966) --- Insignia of the Gemini-Titan XI (GT-11) spaceflight. Roman numeral indicates eleventh flight in the Gemini series....
Gemini XI mission patch
S66-50772 (7 Sept. 1966) --- The Gemini-Titan XI (GT-11) prime and backup crews pose for a group portrait. Seated is...
The 4 astronauts making up the prime and backup crews for Gemini-Titan 11 pose together for a portrait.
S65-58504 (4 Nov. 1965) --- Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., (right) prime crew command pilot, and Richard F. Gordon Jr., prime...
Portrait of the Gemini 11 crew: Dick Gordon and Pete Conrad
S66-44511 (13 July 1966) --- The Gemini-11 prime crew, astronauts Richard F. Gordon Jr. (left), pilot, and Charles Conrad Jr.,...
Dick Gordon and Pete Conrad smile and talk with one another during training for Gemini 11
S66-44497 (23 July 1966) --- Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (left) and Richard F. Gordon Jr. (right), prime crew for the...
Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon in a life raft on the ocean
S66-50765 (12 Sept. 1966) --- The erector at Launch Complex 19 is lowered during the Gemini-11 prelaunch countdown. Awaiting the...
The Gemini-Titan launch vehicle on th launchpad in September 1966
S66-57967 (10 Sept. 1966) --- Gemini-11 prime crew, astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (right), command pilot, and Richard F. Gordon Jr....
The Gemini 11 crew in the White Room before launch
S66-50719 (12 Sept. 1966) --- Astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., pilot of the Gemini-11 spaceflight, suits up in the Launch...
Dick Gordon suits up for the Gemini 11 mission
S66-50715 (12 Sept. 1966) --- Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., command pilot of the Gemini-11 spaceflight, undergoes suiting up operations in...
Pete Conrad is suited up for the launch
S66-50726 (12 Sept. 1966) --- Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., command pilot of the Gemini-11 spaceflight, relaxes in Launch Complex 16...
Pete Conrad being suited up on launch day
S66-50720 (12 Sept. 1966) --- Preparations are made in the white room atop Pad 19 to close the hatches on...
Dick Gordon and Pete Conrad are viewed inside the Gemini 11 spacecraft.
The Gemini 11 spacecraft, carrying astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., command pilot, and Richard F. Gordon Jr., pilot, was successfully launched...
Gemini 11 rocket launch
S66-54585 (12-15 Sept. 1966) --- The Agena Target Docking Vehicle at a distance of approximately 80 feet from the Gemini-11...
View of the Agena Target vehicle in space as seen from the Gemini 11 spacecraft
The western half of Australia, looking west, as seen from the Gemini XI spacecraft, 850 miles above the Earth on...
Australia from 850 miles
On Sept. 14, 1966, Gemini XI is tethered to an Agena target vehicle. Command pilot Charles "Pete" Conrad and pilot...
Artificial gravity experiment
S66-54454 (13 Sept. 1966) --- Astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., pilot for the Gemini-11 spaceflight, returns to the hatch of...
Dick Gordon performing a spacewalk for the Gemini 11 mission
Astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., pilot for the Gemini XI spaceflight, sits astride the spacecraft during a spacewalk, while attaching...
Astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., pilot for the Gemini XI spaceflight, sits astride the spacecraft during a spacewalk
S66-50767 (15 Sept. 1966) --- Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., command pilot of the Gemini-11 spaceflight, climbs from the spacecraft minutes...
Pete Conrad exits the Gemini spacecraft after splashdown in the ocean.
S66-50763 (16 Sept. 1966) --- Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (left), command pilot, and Richard F. Gordon Jr., pilot, wave to...
Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon wave to a crowd
S66-50752 (15 Sept. 1966) --- The Gemini-11 prime crew, astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (right) and Richard F. Gordon Jr. pose...
The Gemini-11 prime crew, astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (right) and Richard F. Gordon Jr. pose in front of the recovery helicopter which brought them to the USS Guam.
S66-50756 (15 Sept. 1966) --- The Gemini-11 prime crew, astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (right) and Richard F. Gordon Jr. stand...
Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon smile and wave on the USS Guam after their Gemini 11 flight.
S66-45613 (23 Sept. 1966) --- Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (with pipe) and Richard F. Gordon Jr. (background) view negatives from...
The Gemini 11 crew viewing negatives from their flight