Gemini 5 - Wikipedia
Gemini 5 (officially Gemini V) [3] was a 1965 crewed spaceflight in NASA 's Project Gemini. It was the third crewed Gemini flight, the eleventh crewed American spaceflight (including two X-15 …
Gemini V - NASA
Nov 17, 2025 · Gemini V, flown by astronauts L. Gordon Cooper and Charles “Pete” Conrad, was the third crewed flight in NASA’s Gemini series. The mission’s primary goals were to evaluate …
Gemini 5 Fact Sheet - Spaceline
With a mission duration of nearly eight days, Gemini 5 successfully demonstrated that astronauts could endure weightlessness for the approximate period of time necessary to fly to the Moon …
Capsule, Gemini V - National Air and Space Museum
Gemini 5 was launched on August 21, 1965, with astronauts Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad on board. During their 8 days in orbit, the crew circled the Earth 120 times. The mission was …
Gemini 5 | This Day in Aviation
Aug 21, 2025 · The two-man Gemini spacecraft was built by the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation of St. Louis, the same company that built the earlier Mercury space capsule. The spacecraft …
Gemini 5 - Wikiwand
Gemini 5 (officially Gemini V) [3] was a 1965 crewed spaceflight in NASA 's Project Gemini. It was the third crewed Gemini flight, the eleventh crewed American spaceflight (including two X-15 …
Gemini V: Paving the Way for Long Duration Spaceflight - NASA
Aug 5, 2015 · During the summer of 1965, the United States began to pull even in the space race with the Soviet Union. The eight-day Gemini V endurance mission doubled America’s …