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                    The Gemini spacecraft. The shape was designed to allow rendezvous and docking.
2-part adapter module
Reentry/ crew module
Rendezvous antennae for linking with other Gemini craft
Parachutes
Thruster rockets to stabilize and orient spacecraft before reentry
                                      Entry and exit hatches
Ejection seats
heaT shield for final reentry
Four retrofiring rockets for use in the early stage of reentry
Service module with air supply, electricity, and so on, for use during orbit
 Gemini 6 and 7 meet in a rendezvous procedure.
                                                                                                        Orientation rockets (thrusters) for use during orbiting
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