Gemini 5: Eight Days in Space or Bust

by David J. Shayler

This third book of the Gemini mission series focuses on the flight that simulated in Earth orbit the duration of an eight-day Apollo mission to the Moon. After the proof-of-concept test flights Gemini 1, 2 and 3 (as described in GEMINI FLIES!) and the success of the first American EVA as well as the four-day U.S. mission (GEMINI 4), NASA gained the confidence to gradually increase mission time spent in orbit.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031113772
• ISBN13: 9783031113772
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 427 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"