@DSMD1991 - point taken - but where I live it takes 2 hours to upload a 30 minute video. Slow beyond belief! Its a trade off between getting the footage on here or having larger and better quality. Unfortunately I cant have the latter yet! One day the UK will have superfast broadband everywhere.....one day! maybe!
This was the flight that put us past the Russians as far as longest space plight.Gemini 4 was just short of it.It was the first time we used the fuel cell and had a problem with it as soon as they were in orbit.There was talk they might have to come down early,but worked out the problem and they stayed the 8 days.When Gemini 6 lost it.s mission,we did something the Russians did by combining it with Gemini 7,to have 2 manned spacecraft in orbit at the same time.Gemini 6 rendezvoused with Gemini 7
Wagon logo was chosen because this was the first long duration manned mission in NASA history. Conrad and Cooper spent 8 days in space, Gemini 4, the previous record holder, was a four day mission. The original logo had the legend "8 days or bust" on it, but NASA administrator James Webb ordered it removed from the official logo, as he thought the "or bust" was too pessimistic.
I believe Gemini 5 was the first time CBS (and ABC) had carried a live manned space launch in color.
NBC's first live launch in color was Gemini 4, earlier that Summer.
I believe it wasn't until the Spring of 1965 that a live color TV program could be transmitted from Florida to New York. For over a decade prior to that, the circuit could feed color programs to Florida, but only black-and-white from Florida.
@DSMD1991 - point taken - but where I live it takes 2 hours to upload a 30 minute video. Slow beyond belief! Its a trade off between getting the footage on here or having larger and better quality. Unfortunately I cant have the latter yet! One day the UK will have superfast broadband everywhere.....one day! maybe!
lunarmodule5 4 months ago
Pete Conrad referred to this flight as "8 Days in a garbage can". :P
greenseaships 5 months ago
This was the flight that put us past the Russians as far as longest space plight.Gemini 4 was just short of it.It was the first time we used the fuel cell and had a problem with it as soon as they were in orbit.There was talk they might have to come down early,but worked out the problem and they stayed the 8 days.When Gemini 6 lost it.s mission,we did something the Russians did by combining it with Gemini 7,to have 2 manned spacecraft in orbit at the same time.Gemini 6 rendezvoused with Gemini 7
GGE47 5 months ago
Wagon logo was chosen because this was the first long duration manned mission in NASA history. Conrad and Cooper spent 8 days in space, Gemini 4, the previous record holder, was a four day mission. The original logo had the legend "8 days or bust" on it, but NASA administrator James Webb ordered it removed from the official logo, as he thought the "or bust" was too pessimistic.
micthekwik 7 months ago
Why the wagon logo? Why was a wagon chosen?
huskyjerk 7 months ago
Awesome to see this in color. I know the footage from the Dutch tv but that was in B-W. We didn't have color broadcasting here in those days.
DutchFord86 1 year ago
I believe Gemini 5 was the first time CBS (and ABC) had carried a live manned space launch in color.
NBC's first live launch in color was Gemini 4, earlier that Summer.
I believe it wasn't until the Spring of 1965 that a live color TV program could be transmitted from Florida to New York. For over a decade prior to that, the circuit could feed color programs to Florida, but only black-and-white from Florida.
altfactor 1 year ago
@altfactor good comment alt...I didnt know that!
lunarmodule5 1 year ago