

On November 11, 1966, NASA sent the Gemini 12 crew of Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin into orbit on the final flight of the Gemini program.

On November 11, 1966, NASA sent the Gemini 12 crew of Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin into orbit on the final flight of the Gemini program.
Gemini 12 flew in November 1966, so the date checks out, but the real question is why a single launch headline gets to skip the part where anyone shows me the telemetry, the flight plan, and the manifest with Lovell’s and Aldrin’s names on it.