Benoit Neichel, who leads this adaptive optics program for Gemini, said in a statement.

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In Studio 8H (a decade before "Saturday Night Live"), we caught a glimpse of the NBC Space Center being readied for covering the launch a few days later of Gemini 5 astronauts Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad.

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The team is in the final stages of licensing Gemini-Scout to a commercial robotics company, but for now, the Mine Safety and Health Administration will be the primary customer.

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In 1965, U.S. spacecraft Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 achieved the first space rendezvous, flying side by side for two orbits.

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