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GEMINI VIII MISSION
In 1966, Gemini VIII made the first U.S. docking in space; 27 minutes later, a stuck thruster sent it spinning near 1 revolution per second before Neil Armstrong stopped it- In 1966, Michael Collins lost a camera and a micrometeorite experiment during a Gemini X spacewalk; both drifted away into orbit
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- Quote of the day by Neil Armstrong: 'It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth' - A humbling lesson about humanity's place in this universe by the first man on the moonAs the first human on the Moon, Neil Armstrong famously reflected on the Earth’s fragility, calling it a “tiny pea, pretty and blue.” This ...19 Mar, 2026, 01.05 PM IST
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