In December 1965, NASA's Gemini 7 and Gemini 6A missions accomplished the first in-orbit rendezvous of two crewed spacecraft. Gemini 7 launched on Dec. 4, followed by Gemini 6A on Dec. 15.

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, the Gemini 7 spacecraft as it was observed on December 15, 1965, from the hatch window of the Gemini 6 spacecraft during rendezvous manuevers ...

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Frank Borman commanded the long-duration Gemini 7 flight. And Wally Schirra, along with Stafford, won seats on Gemini 6, the first space rendezvous. Meeting in orbit.

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Their Gemini 6A spacecraft chased after Gemini 7 for a few and successfully performed the first-ever crewed rendezvous in orbit. On Dec. 4, 1965, NASA launched the crewed Gemini 7 spacecraft on a ...

So in order to see whether such a rendezvous could be done, NASA scientists developed a plan to send Gemini 7 into Earth's orbit, then send Gemini 6 to rendezvous with it.

"Gemini 7, this is Gemini 6," Schirra said. "We have an object, looks like a satellite going from north to south, probably in a polar orbit. He's in a very low trajectory.