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Liftoff of Gemini 5, 08/21/1965, Pad 19, Time: 9:00 a.m. EST. Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., Command Pilot and Astronaut Charles Conrad., Jr., Pilot, for a full-scale 8-day duration mission. CAPE KENNEDY, FL.
NASA Identifier: S65-46438
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