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The Gemini 12 spacecraft floats to the ocean surface on a parachute. Credit: NASA. |
In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, as a helicopter hovers above, the Gemini-12 spacecraft with parachute open descends to the Atlantic on Nov. 15, 1966, with astronauts Jim Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin aboard.
Each weekday, SPACE.com looks back at the history of spaceflight through photos (archive).
