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Gemini 5
was the 3 manned Gemini mission. It left the launch pad on August 21,
1965. The crew was Gordon Copper and Charles Conrad. The objective of this
mission was to see how the rendezvous Guidance and Navigation system with
radar evaluation pod worked and the effects of weightlessness for 8 days. problems
come up with the full cell that prevented rendezvous with the radar
evaluation pod.
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Quick
Facts
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| Lift
off: |
August
21,1965 8:59am |
| Length
of mission: |
7
days, 22hours, 55minutes |
| Altitude: |
349.8km |
| Orbit: |
120 |
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