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Gemini V and Sealab II
Scott Carpenter and Gordon Cooper were two of the original seven Mercury astronauts. Fifty-five years ago, Cooper was commander of the Gemini V mission, which set a record at the time of seven days in space, and Carpenter was commander of the Sealab II mission, setting a record of 30 days underwater at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
On August 29, 1965, Gordon Cooper, flying abord Gemini V, spoke with Scott Carpenter, serving abord Sealab II, in an experiment to test radio transmission. Here is a transcript of the conversation: Quote:
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August 29th, 2020 | #2 |
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Gordon Cooper and Scott Carpenter were from the original 7 group of Mercury astronauts. Pete Conrad made four space flights--Gemini V, Gemini XI, Apollo 12 (third man to walk on the Moon) and Skylab I, and was one of my favorite astros. Very few of these original pioneers are still with us today. They saw manned spaceflight stagnate in low Earth orbit for 30 years, and none of them will probably live to see it move beyond that.
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On Apollo 12, they accomplished a lunar surface rendezvous. Both orbital rendezvous and surface rendezvous will be needed on any future missions to the moon and Mars. Look how close the Apollo 12 LM is to the Surveyor 3 spacecraft. That was a precision landing! Quote:
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August 30th, 2020 | #4 |
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Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr., Commander of Apollo 12 (left), poses with fellow crew members Richard Gordon (Conrad's fellow Gemini XI crewman), Command Module Pilot, and Alan Bean, who as Lunar Module Pilot walked on the lunar surface with Conrad in November 1969.
NASA did put the wrong number on the Skylab 2 mission patch. Skylab 1 was actually the unmanned Orbital Workshop launched separately. Next is the Skylab 2 crew (l-r), Joe Kerwin, Conrad, and Paul Weitz. Next photo is the launch of Sklyab 2 by a Saturn 1B rocket from Kennedy Space Center, May 25, 1973.
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