Stellarix(@Stellarixorine):Sep. 14, 1966: Photograph of Agena at time of tether drop; range 50 feet; taken during the Gemini XI mission during orbit no. 33. Astronauts Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon performed the first direct-ascent (first orbit) rendezvous with an Agena Target Vehicle, docking with it 1 hour 34 minutes.

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Sep. 14, 1966: Photograph of Agena at time of tether drop; range 50 feet; taken during the Gemini XI mission during orbit no. 33. Astronauts Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon performed the first direct-ascent (first orbit) rendezvous with an Agena Target Vehicle, docking with it 1 hour 34 minutes.