Gemini 5 Sets World Space Flight Records In Eight Day Mission
The ninth U.S. manned space mission Gemini 5 established five world space flight records and three individual marks plus two American records. Highlights include longest manned flight at 190 hours 55 minutes and total U.S. man-hours in space at 639 hours 48 minutes. Cooper and Conrad share longest single spaceflight at 190 hours 55 minutes.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
U.S
Valery Bykovsky
James A. MecDivitt
Edward H. White II
United States
Russia
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Cooper
Bykovsky
Navy
Cmdr
Charles Conrad Jr
Conrad
Gemini 4
Gemini 5
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Gemini 6 To Attempt Rendezvous and Docking
Gemini 6 aims to rendezvous and dock with an Agena target in orbit using a new radar system. Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford plan a Titan 2 launch from Cape Kennedy to chase the Agena, conduct a potential two day mission, and test orbital docking as a step toward lunar missions.
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Gemini 5
Gordon Cooper
Charles Conrad
Cooper
Conrad
Schirra
Stafford
Cape Kennedy
Gemini
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Charles Mathews
Moon
Earth
New Process Sped Photos of Recovery
Recovery ship photographs of Gemini 5 astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. were shown on television 40 seconds after transmission from the USS Lake Champlain using a new Videx process. A dresser sized transmitter, rapid Polaroid development, and Riverhead New York relay enabled live style image transfer to Houston. The three networks paid $100000 to lease the equipment from ITT.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Riverhead
N.Y
Lake Champlain
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
Italian-Israeli physicist Giulio Racah dies in Florence
Prof. Giulio Racah aged 56, rector of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and noted physicist, died Saturday in Florence after a heart attack while in the city to deliver a lecture.
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Florence
Italy
Giulio Racah
Hebrew University
Jerusalem
Israel
Gen Sir George Erskine Dies at 66 in London
Gen Sir George Erskine, World War II Desert Rats commander, died last night in London at age 66. His leadership helped Britain’s campaigns in the North Africa theater during the war.
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London
George Erskine
Britain
States urge cities to upgrade traffic signals to new standards
State officials urge city and county governments to review traffic signs and signals to meet the State Traffic Commission standards by Jan 1 1967. Joseph Kusaila warns that failure could trigger lawsuits from accidents and budgets may suffer if funds are not allocated.
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Boards of Supervisors
Joseph Kusaila
State Traffic Safety Council
State Traffic Commission
Six Road Rules For Safe Holiday Driving
New York State Traffic Safety Council urged six safety rules for Labor Day travel. Rules stress thorough car checks, rest, patient driving, avoiding tailgating, no alcohol, and using a passenger as a back seat driver to read maps and keep alert.
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New York
Army Study Offered Enlistees
The Army announced a new listing of schools for high school graduates who enlist, with a three year term and a chance to choose a preferred school after qualifying tests. Available programs include heavy equipment repair, automotive and aircraft repair, pharmacy specialist, X ray procedures, military journalism, missile and test station repairs, television and microwave equipment repair, photography and finance procedures.
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U. S. Army
SFC
Richard Allard
Snow Storm Briefly Hits Rangeley Maine
A brief 10 minute snow event fell in Rangeley Maine as temperatures dipped into the 30s. Winds of 30 to 40 mph created a temporary winter scene before the snow melted.
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Rangeley
Maine
Lunar Trip Will Take Eight Days
Houston AP describes Gemini 5 traveling 3,338,200 miles in eight days and explains a moon mission requires about eight days to go to the moon and back. Gravity slows spacecraft near Earth. Gemini 5 reached 17,500 mph while lunar launches need at least 25,000 mph to escape gravity.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Earth
Gemini 5 Flight Fails 12 Times Yet Crew Stays Calm
Houston AP report notes Gemini 5 faced 12 equipment failures over eight days. Command pilot L Gordon Cooper Jr and pilot Charles Conrad kept humor and poise, improvising fixes and continuing the mission despite oxygen pressure drops and failed rendezvous plans.
Gemini Twins Steal London Headlines
British morning papers celebrated the Gemini-V flight with banner front pages. Headlines praise the astronauts as fit after a record journey and eager for the moon mission, reflecting a global space triumph and renewed U S focus on lunar goals.
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Gemini Twins
London
UPI
London Times
Daily Mail
Daily Telegraph
Daily Express
U.S
Guardian
Daily Mirror
U. S
Daily Worker
Fluid storage lessons from Gemini 5 for Apollo program
At Houston’s Manned Space Center an AP report notes fluid storage was a key takeaway from the Gemini 5 flight. Dr. George E. Mueller says refrigerant fluid storage and long term super critical gas storage insights will inform the Apollo program as information is transferred to the next lunar mission effort.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Space Agency
George E. Mueller
Office of Manned Space Flight
Mueller
Sharks Seen Circling Spacecraft Near Gemini 5
Three frogmen attached a flotation collar to the Gemini 5 capsule in the Atlantic while the destroyer USS Dupont warned that sharks swam nearby. Lt. John P. Hunt of Boston said sharks often shadow ships and told the divers to move away.
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USS
Lake Champlain
Atlantic
Dupont
John. P. Hunt
Boston
Strogman
Conrad’s Dad Sees Moon Flight as Next Step for Pete
Charles Conrad Sr. hopes his son Pete will go to the moon after a six day spaceflight. He spoke at home in Sarasota Florida with Pete’s sister Patricia Moss and friend Julia Talmadge. The elder Conrad praised the NASA team and said the records will be broken in future missions.
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Sarasota
Fla
Charles Conrad Sr
Space
Conrad
Conrad Sr
Patricia
Harry) Moss
Hanover
Julia Talmadge
Philadelphia
Pete
Cruise Ship Nears Gemini 5 Splashdown Vista
Passengers aboard the SS Victoria watched for Gemini 5 splashdown from the Atlantic within 60 miles as recovery planes circled overhead. The ship, with 455 passengers, left New York for an 11 day Virgin Islands cruise.
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New York
Caribbean
Atlantic
Tony Craig
Roberto Mantero
Victoria
Corrine Saxon
Philadelphia
Fran Rosen
Manhattan
Virgin Islands
Gemini Families Celebrate End Of Eight Day Space Flight
Houston families greet space heroes as Pete Conrad and Gordon Cooper return from eight days in orbit. Wives Trudy Cooper and Jane Conrad reflect on relief joy and anxiety, while mothers react to safe recovery and reunions with children and church community.
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Jane Conrad
Andy Conrad
Conrad
Chris
Lake Champlain
Trudy Cooper
Pete
First Methodist
Seabrook
St. John’s Episcopal Church
la Porte
Haverford
J. Weir Sargent
Weightlessness Adaptation Noted in Gemini 5 Astronauts
Houston AP reports flight surgeon Charles Berry said Gemini 5 astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr adapted to weightlessness over eight days. Heart rates rose during launch and retro-fire but settled in the 30s to 40s, with a peak of 180 at retro-fire.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Charles A. Berry
Charles Conrad Jr
Berry
James McDivitt
Edward White
Cooper
Conrad
Lake Champlain
Twins Headed to Cape Kennedy After World Flight
Astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr arrive at Cape Kennedy space port at 9 a.m. EST after a record space flight. They will spend 11 days in medical exams and briefings before returning to Houston for continued debriefing and mission reports.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Cape Kennedy Spaceport
Cape
Earth
CIA
Lake Champlain
Bill-Dollar Moonport
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Merritt Island
Houston
Employment Up In July In Albany Report
The State Industrial Commission said July employment rose by 40 000 to 7.5 million from a year earlier. Unemployment fell by 30 000 to 395 000 and the jobless rate stood at 5 percent, down from 5.4 percent last month.
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Albany
UPI
State Industrial Commission
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Department of Defense
Robert R. Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
Donald K. Slayton
Deke Slayton
Gilruth
Gemini Control Center
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