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Aug 29, 2018 · As the countdown for the Gemini-5 launch ticks away, astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., leads the ways as he and astronaut Charles Conrad, Jr., step into the white room at Pad 19 in their...
- Christine Lunsford
Cooper and Conrad were to have made a practice space rendezvous with a "pod" deployed from the spacecraft, but problems with the electrical supply forced a switch to a simpler "phantom rendezvous," whereby the Gemini craft maneuvered to a predetermined position in space.
- August 21, 1965, 13:59:59 UTC
- 7 days, 22 hours, 55 minutes, 14 seconds
- 3,605 kilograms (7,948 lb)
- Titan II GLV, s/n 62-12560
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Oct 5, 2023 · Gemini V, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles "Pete" Conrad was the third crewed Earth-orbiting spacecraft of the Gemini series. The flight was designed to last eight days and test rendezvous procedures.
Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer, aviator, and test pilot, and commanded the Apollo 12 space mission, on which he became the third person to walk on the Moon.
- December 1973
On August 29, 1965, Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and Charles Conrad, Jr., exit the Gemini-5 spacecraft completing a successful mission. Navy divers assist them during the recovery...
Sep 28, 2023 · Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. tweaks astronaut L. Gordon Cooper’s eight-day growth of beard for the cameramen while onboard the prime recovery vessel after their Gemini V flight.
Jul 10, 1999 · In addition to commanding the Apollo 12 mission to the moon, Cmdr. Conrad was the co-pilot of the Gemini 5 space capsule during a record eight-day flight in 1965.
