On Sept. 14, 1966, NASA's Gemini 11 mission set an all-time spaceflight altitude record when two astronauts reached an orbit of 850 miles above the Earth. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series.

Source: On This Day in Space! Sept. 14, 1966: Gemini 11 Sets All-Time Altitude Record


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