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Four Day Gemini Flight Target Set at Cape Kennedy
NASA announced a four day Gemini mission for astronauts James A McDivitt and Edward H White II with a target date of June 3, 1965. Officials had said the flight would occur in the third quarter starting July 1, and news services had echoed June 3 as the date for weeks. The agency cited preparation time and to avoid errors if the date were missed. The eight U.S. astronauts with space flight time total 65 hours 44 minutes, the longest mission at 3 hours 20 minutes by Maj. T Gordon Cooper Sr.
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Cape Kennedy
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
James A. McDivitt
Edward Hf. White
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Ater
U.S
Air Force
T. Gordon Cooplet Sr