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United States Opens Floodgates to Astronaut Launches
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The Molly Brown flight narrows the gap with the Soviet Union in the man in space race and signals a surge of Gemini and Apollo missions. Grissom and Young completed a three orbit test, with plans for McDivitt White and Cooper-Conrad flights and several rendezvous maneuvers. Officials expect 25 manned space shots in four to five years, culminating in Apollo lunar landings.
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United States
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
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