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   Dean Markley to JF Mezei   
   Re: Early photos from space   
   27 May 21 04:43:38   
   
   From: damarkley@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 2:18:11 PM UTC-4, JF Mezei wrote:   
   > On 2021-05-26 07:18, Jeff Findley wrote:   
   >   
   > > S65-63188 (15 Dec. 1965) ? The National Aeronautics and Space   
   > > Administration?s (NASA) Gemini-7 spacecraft as seen from the   
   > > Gemini-6 spacecraft during their rendezvous mission in space.   
   > Thanks, I had pulled up the list of Gemini missions and didn't see that   
   > there have been 2 Gemini in space at same time. The last 2 missions were   
   > attempts to demonstrate docking with Agena, so I didn't think that   
   > previous missions would have had multiple ships up at same time.   
   >   
   > Was Gemini-6 and 7 the last time the USA had 2 manned ships of its own   
   > in space at same time?   
   No, Apollo 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 all had two manned ships operating   
   at the same time.  If you consider the ISS as a US ship, then all of the   
   shuttle flights to it plus the recent SpaceX missions would count.   
      
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