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Gemini 11's 58-Year Earth Orbit Altitude Record Broken by SpaceX Polaris Dawn Mission

On September 14, 1966, NASA's Gemini 11 mission set a spaceflight altitude record of 850 miles above Earth, which remained unbroken for 58 years until September

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On This Day in Space: X-15 Sets World Altitude Record with Joe Walker in 1963

On August 22, 1963, U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Walker set a world altitude record by flying an X-15 rocket plane over 67 miles high, marking the second and fina

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Gemini 11's 58-Year Earth Orbit Altitude Record Broken by SpaceX Polaris Dawn Mission

On This Day in Space: X-15 Sets World Altitude Record with Joe Walker in 1963

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