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Neil Armstrong - The Launching of Gemini 8

Time: Wednesday Mar 16, 1966

Place: Launch Complex 19 - Titan rocket, Gemini program, Cape Kennedy, Florida, U.S.

Details: Gemini 8 launched on March 16, 1966. And Armstrong became the first American civilian in space.

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March 1966

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