Video: 'Another Step Towards Moon (1965)'

(Saturday, August 21, 1965, 13:59:59 UTC) — Gemini 5, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles “Pete” Conrad, blasted off today from Cape Canaveral, Florida, for a record eight-day trip in space, overcoming a few seconds of pogo (axial oscillation of the rocket) during first stage flight.