Naval History and Heritage Command
LCDR Charles Conrad Jr. USNR and LTCOL Gordon Cooper Jr. USMC
The crew of Gemini 5 completed 120 orbits of the earth or, as LCDR Conrad put it, "8 days in a garbage can", due to the small interior of the module (about the size of a Volkswagen Beetle).
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- nhhc-document-types:art
Wars & Conflicts
Navy Communities
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