Launch of Gemini 5 (CBS audio)

Launch of Gemini 5 - August 21st 1965. Onboard are astronauts Gordon Cooper (Command Pilot) and Pete Conrad (Pilot). This is the CBS TV coverage (audio only). I have edited some of the stock footage of Gemini 5 including crew transfer and ingress to the spacecraft and some of the launch sequence. The only lengthy video I have of the Gemini 5 launch is included, after which I have set the crew patch to the audio thru to near engine cut off. When I come across the actual footage of this event or more stock footage of the launch through 1st stage cut off I will post it. Apologies for the editing at launch - It has been a long day!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Gemini
• launch
• liftoff
• titan
• nasa
• astronauts
• 1965

[altfactor]

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.

[lunarmodule5]

@altfactor good comment alt...I didnt know that!

[lunarmodule5]

@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!

[greenseaships]

Pete Conrad referred to this flight as "8 Days in a garbage can". :P

[GGE47]

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

[micthekwik]

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.

[huskyjerk]

Why the wagon logo? Why was a wagon chosen?

[DutchFord86]

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.