Gemini 5

Gemini V
	View of Cape Kennedy, Florida from Gemini V
Mission type	Endurance test
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1965-068A
SATCAT no.	1516
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	L. Gordon Cooper Jr.; Charles Conrad Jr.;
Start of mission
Launch date	August 21, 1965, 13:59:59 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 UTC
Landing site	29°47′N 69°45′W / 29.783°N 69.750°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
	; (L-R) Conrad, Cooper Project Gemini ← Gemini 4 Gemini 7 →

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.

^ "NSSDC Master Catalog: Gemini 5". NASA. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Satellite Catalog". Retrieved September 4, 2013.
^ Hacker, Barton C.; Grimwood, James M. (September 1974). "Chapter 11 Pillars of Confidence". On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini. NASA History Series. Vol. SP-4203. NASA. p. 239. Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2013-09-26. With Gemini IV, NASA changed to Roman numerals for Gemini mission designations.
^ Sehlstedt, Albert "Gemini Nears Soviet Space Flight Mark" (August 26, 1965) The Baltimore Sun, p. 1

[1] "NSSDC Master Catalog: Gemini 5". NASA. Retrieved September 4, 2013.

[satcat-2] "Satellite Catalog". Retrieved September 4, 2013.

[titans-3] Hacker, Barton C.; Grimwood, James M. (September 1974). "Chapter 11 Pillars of Confidence". On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini. NASA History Series. Vol. SP-4203. NASA. p. 239. Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2013-09-26. With Gemini IV, NASA changed to Roman numerals for Gemini mission designations.

[4] Sehlstedt, Albert "Gemini Nears Soviet Space Flight Mark" (August 26, 1965) The Baltimore Sun, p. 1

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