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Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, pilot for the Gemini-12 spaceflight, stands up in the open hatch of the spacecraft during the first day of the four-day mission in space. He prepares a camera for installation on the outside of the spacecraft. Command pilot for the last flight in the Gemini series was astronaut James A. Lovell Jr.