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English: A Titan booster launched the Gemini 8 spacecraft on March 16, 1966 from launch complex 19 Cape Kennedy , Florida. The flight crew for the 3 day mission, astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R. Scott , achieved the first rendezvous and docking to Atlas/ Agena in Earth orbit.
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