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Gemini Astronaut Photos Inspired Early Earth Observation Program

Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr. and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. orbited Earth from November 11 to 15, 1966, on Gemini XII, the final mission of NASA's Gemini program. Beyond rendezvous maneuvers and spacewalks vital to sending American astronauts to the Moon, the crew's photos spurred the development of an early Earth observation program.

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