Video: 'Gemini 5 Launch 8mm Footage'

(Saturday, August 21, 1965, 13:59:59 UTC; during the Space Race) — 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. Continue reading Gemini 5 blasts off for eight-day stay in space 60 years ago this hour (Aug 21 1965) →