Gemini VII photographed from Gemini VI during the first rendezvous between two manned spacecraft in Earth orbit. The spacecraft practiced rendezvous and station-keeping maneuvers for one day in orbit. Gemini VI, with Walter M. Schirra, Jr. and Thomas P. Stafford aboard, launched December 15, 1965. Gemini VII, with Frank Borman and James A. Lovell aboard, launched December 4, 1965.