Gemini 5

Astronauts Conrad and Cooper suiting before launch

Astronauts Conrad and Cooper suiting before launch

Portrait of Astronaut Charles Conrad, Jr.

Portrait of Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.

Navy divers exit helicopter recover Gemini 5 spacecraft and astronauts

Astronauats Conrad and Cooper make speech to news media on return home

Gemini 4 experimental vision tester

Views of Gemini 5 experiments involving in-flight photometer

Views of Gemini 5 experiments

Views of Gemini 5 experiments

Views of Gemini 5 experiments involving visual acuity

Astronaut Gordon Cooper being weighed and balanced in spacecraft seat

Astronauts Cooper and Conrad during simulation exercise for Gemini 5 mission

Astronaut Charles Conrad during visual acuity experiments over Laredo

Astronauts Cooper and Conrad prepare cameras during visual acuity tests

Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong during water egress training

Astronaut Elliot M. See Jr. during water egress training

Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. during water egress training

Astronauts Conrad and Cooper practice survival techniques during egress

Astronaut Charles Conrad during water egress training

Astronaut Cooper adjusts helmet during suiting up exercise

Astronauts Cooper and Conrad exit their spacecraft after splashdown

Astronauts Charles Conrad hoisted up to Navy helicopter after splashdown

Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. hoisted up to Navy helicopter

Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. hoisted up to Navy helicopter

Gemini 5 prime crew

Astronaut Gordon Cooper receives preflight medical exam for Gemini 5 flight

Astronaut Charles Conrad discusses x-rays with medical team at Cape Kennedy

Gemini 5 spacecraft at pad 19

Gemini 5 spacecraft in McDonnel test facility during stowage review

Gemini 5 spacecraft at pad 19

Astronauts Conrad and Cooper during suiting up operations

Astronauts Conrad and Cooper during suiting up operations

Optical and photographic equipment for use on Gemini 5 spacecraft

Astronauts Cooper and Conrad walk up gantry ramp at Pad 19 during countdown

Mission Control Center at Cape Kennedy after Gemini 5 launch

Family of Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper shown watching Gemini 5 liftoff

Astronauts Cooper and Conrad walk up gantry ramp at Pad 19 during countdown

View of Agadir, Morocco from Gemini 5

Astronauts Cooper and Conrad in Gemini spacecraft just after insertion

View of Cape Kennedy, Florida from Gemini 5

Launch of the Gemini 5 spacecraft from Pad 19 at 9 a.m. Aug. 21, 1965.

Launch of the Gemini 5 spacecraft from Pad 19 at 9 a.m. Aug. 21, 1965.

Gemini 5 prelaunch countdown showing astronauts in white room

View of Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. in Gemini 5 spacecraft

Gemini 5 prelaunch countdown showing astronauts in white room

Artist concept of Rendezvous Evaluation Pod in orbit with Gemini spacecraft

View of the Straits of Gibraltar from Gemini 5

View of the lower tip of Baja, California and Bahia de la Paz from Gemini 5

View of Imperial Valley and Salton Sea in Southern California from Gemini 5

Astronauts Cooper and Conrad arrive in white room at Pad 19 during countdown

View of Alexandria, Egypt from Gemini 5

View of the Gulf of Tonkin, China, and Luichow Peninsula from Gemini 5

View of the west coastline of Baja, California and Cedros Island from Gemini

View of the Himalaya and Northern India from Gemini 5

Launch of the Gemini 5 spacecraft from Pad 19 at 9 a.m. Aug. 21, 1965.

Rear Admiral W.B. Abhau is briefed on recovery operations

Overall view of Mission Control Center, Houston, Tx during Gemini 5

View of the tracking screen in the Mission Control Center

Gemini 5 spacecraft brought aboard recovery ship U.S.S. Lake Champlain

Astronauts Conrad and Cooper slice cake on U.S.S. Lake Champlain

Astronaut Gordon Cooper receives medical exam after Gemini 5 landing

Astronauts Cooper and Conrad on deck of U.S.S. Lake Champlain after recovery

Astronaut Conrad tweaks Astronaut Cooper's beard for the cameramen

Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. has heart rate checked after mission

Astronauts Cooper and Conrad arrive aboard U.S.S. Lake Champlain

Astronaut Charles Conrad during suiting up on morning of liftoff of Gemini 5

Astronaut Charles Conrad inside the Gemini 5 spacecraft after launch

Astronaut Charles Conrad as seen through Gemini 5 spacecraft window

Preflight breakfast for Gemini 5 prime crew

Cooper and Conrad insertion into Gemini spacecraft during simulation

Gemini 5 astronauts during press conference

Erector at Pad 19 is lowered for launch of Gemini 5 spacecraft

Gemini 5 prime crew receives standing ovation in House of Representatives

Closeup view of Rendezvous Evaluation Pod

Astronaut Charles Conrad during suiting up exercise

Mission patch for the Gemini V space flight

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