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It occurred in late 1965. The US spacecraft Gemini 6, piloted by Wally Schirra, maneuvered within a foot of Gemini 7, which had launched into orbit 8 days earlier, carrying Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. (This was technically the Gemini 6A or "Gemini 76" alternate mission, after an unmanned target vehicle failed to reach orbit. Schirra and Jim Stafford also had a close call when their Titan booster failed at ignition on December 12.)

This rendezvous was on December 15, 1965. Four months later, Neil Armstrong piloted Gemini 8 to a docking with an unmanned Agena spacecraft on March 16, 1966.

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