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Gemini 5 Astronauts Address Congress

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Date

1965

Dimensions

8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Accession Number

2009.113.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Photography Collection

Object Details

On September 14, 1965, the House welcomed Gemini 5 astronauts L. Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad, Jr., back to Earth after an eight-day orbital flight. The trip, at that point the longest manned space flight in history, was designed to gauge the feasibility of making a trip to the moon. Cooper opined on the grandeur of space, saying that it "made a man feel small and insignificant," while Conrad concluded briskly that he was "ready to fly again."

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