Gemini 5
1965 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Project Gemini / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 flights above 100 kilometers (54 nmi)), and the nineteenth human spaceflight of all time. It was also the first time an American crewed space mission held the world record for duration, set on August 26, 1965, by breaking the Soviet Union's previous record set by Vostok 5 in 1963.[4] This record might have been one day longer; however, Gemini V was cut short, due to the approach of Hurricane Betsy.
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Mission type | Endurance test |
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Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1965-068A[1] |
SATCAT no. | 1516[2] |
Mission duration | 7 days, 22 hours, 55 minutes, 14 seconds |
Distance travelled | 5,242,682 kilometers (3,257,652 miles) |
Orbits completed | 120 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Gemini SC5 |
Manufacturer | McDonnell |
Launch mass | 3,605 kilograms (7,948 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 2 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | August 21, 1965, 13:59:59 (1965-08-21UTC13:59:59Z) UTC |
Rocket | Titan II GLV, s/n 62-12560 |
Launch site | Cape Kennedy LC-19 |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | USS Lake Champlain |
Landing date | August 29, 1965, 12:55:13 (1965-08-29UTC12:55:14Z) UTC |
Landing site | 29°47′N 69°45′W |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Perigee altitude | 170 kilometers (92 nautical miles) |
Apogee altitude | 330 kilometers (180 nautical miles) |
Inclination | 32.5 degrees |
Period | 89.5 minutes |
Epoch | August 23, 1965[2] |
(L-R) Conrad, Cooper |
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