WITH LETTER FROM COOPER DESCRIBING THE MISSION FLOWN United States Flag made from silk, 4 by 6 inches, mounted with an 8 by 20 ½ inch color Gemini Earth orbit map showin locations and circular range limits of the world-wide tracking stations. Plus a Typed Letter Signed by Gordon Cooper. All on and removable from a 22 by 24 inch light blue mat board. GORDON COOPER has INSCRIBED the map with his Gemini 5 launch date of "8/21/65" plus drawn an arrow to the launch site at Cape Canveral. Additionally he has marked an "X" at the Gemini 5 splashdown area plus added the date of "8/29/65." All in pencil. Provenance: Originally from the collection of Astronaut Gordon Cooper. GORDON COOPER'S signed provenance letter which reads: "This large United States flag was carried into earth orbit. My second space mission was called Gemini 5, also known as Gemini-Titan (GT) 5. The Titan name refers to the booster rocket that launched me and follow astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. into earth orbit on August 21, 1965. Some of our mission objectives were to demonstrate and evaluate the Gemini spacecraft during an orbital flight lasting up to eight days. A flight this long would approximate the length of time a trip to the moon and back would last. Our flight would allow medical experts to evaluate the effects of weightlessness on the human body for that period of time. Pet and I made it through all eight days with no harm what so ever. Another flight objective was to evaluate orbital rendezvous and guidance techniques using a detachable radar "pod." The pod separated from our spacecraft about two hours after launch and gave us good data. Low pressure in our fuel cell's oxygen tank caused us to conserve electrical power and terminate the planned rendezvous activities with the pod. The pressure finally stabilized at a lower desirable level but the fuel cell still provided electrical power. We were slowly able to complete more of the planned tasks as the flight progressed. We fired our retro-rockets on orbit 120 over the Hawaiian Islands and began our re-entry into earth's atmosphere. We landed about 100 miles from our prime recovery ship the USS Lake Champlain on August 29, 1965. Pete and I did carry a few personal items such as flags, medallions, and crew patches. I am particularly fond for our crew patch which featured a covered wagon which reflected the pioneering spirit of this early Gemini flight. Our successful completion of Gemini 5 marked the beginning of the United States lead in manned space exploration."
WITH LETTER FROM COOPER DESCRIBING THE MISSION FLOWN United States Flag made from silk, 4 by 6 inches, mounted with an 8 by 20 ½ inch color Gemini Earth orbit map showin locations and circular range limits of the world-wide tracking stations. Plus a Typed Letter Signed by Gordon Cooper. All on and removable from a 22 by 24 inch light blue mat board. GORDON COOPER has INSCRIBED the map with his Gemini 5 launch date of "8/21/65" plus drawn an arrow to the launch site at Cape Canveral. Additionally he has marked an "X" at the Gemini 5 splashdown area plus added the date of "8/29/65." All in pencil. Provenance: Originally from the collection of Astronaut Gordon Cooper. GORDON COOPER'S signed provenance letter which reads: "This large United States flag was carried into earth orbit. My second space mission was called Gemini 5, also known as Gemini-Titan (GT) 5. The Titan name refers to the booster rocket that launched me and follow astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. into earth orbit on August 21, 1965. Some of our mission objectives were to demonstrate and evaluate the Gemini spacecraft during an orbital flight lasting up to eight days. A flight this long would approximate the length of time a trip to the moon and back would last. Our flight would allow medical experts to evaluate the effects of weightlessness on the human body for that period of time. Pet and I made it through all eight days with no harm what so ever. Another flight objective was to evaluate orbital rendezvous and guidance techniques using a detachable radar "pod." The pod separated from our spacecraft about two hours after launch and gave us good data. Low pressure in our fuel cell's oxygen tank caused us to conserve electrical power and terminate the planned rendezvous activities with the pod. The pressure finally stabilized at a lower desirable level but the fuel cell still provided electrical power. We were slowly able to complete more of the planned tasks as the flight progressed. We fired our retro-rockets on orbit 120 over the Hawaiian Islands and began our re-entry into earth's atmosphere. We landed about 100 miles from our prime recovery ship the USS Lake Champlain on August 29, 1965. Pete and I did carry a few personal items such as flags, medallions, and crew patches. I am particularly fond for our crew patch which featured a covered wagon which reflected the pioneering spirit of this early Gemini flight. Our successful completion of Gemini 5 marked the beginning of the United States lead in manned space exploration."
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