LEADER 03332nam 2200493 450 001 9910682591003321 005 20230528061703.0 010 $a9783031113789$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031113772 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-11378-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7211135 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7211135 035 $a(CKB)26240744500041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-11378-9 035 $a(PPN)269092994 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926240744500041 100 $a20230528d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGemini 5 $eeight days in space or bust /$fDavid J. Shayler 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d[2023] 215 $a1 online resource (442 pages) 225 1 $aSpringer Praxis books 311 08$aPrint version: Shayler, David J. Gemini 5 Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031113772 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 1. Pushing the envelope -- Chapter 2. Gordo and Pete -- Chapter 3. Apollo, MOL and the Soviets -- Chapter 4. Preparations -- Chapter 5. ?We?re on our way? -- Chapter 6. Gemini 5?s Two Little Rascals -- Chapter 7. ?When are we gonna get the fuel cell back?? -- Chapter 8. Chasing a phantom -- Chapter 9. ?Right in that same nice big black void? -- Chapter 10. ?Still clanking along in the old, covered wagon? -- Chapter 11. Another Bright Day -- Chapter 12. One hundred down, twenty-two to go -- Chapter 13. A 300-coffee-cup-per-shift mission -- Chapter 14. ?Everything is just peachy keen? -- Chapter 15. Somersaults on the flight deck -- Chapter 16. Post-flight, presidents, and parades -- Chapter 17. Afterwards. 330 $aThis third book of the Gemini mission series focuses on the flight that simulated in Earth orbit the duration of an eight-day Apollo mission to the Moon. After the proof-of-concept test flights Gemini 1, 2 and 3 (as described in GEMINI FLIES!) and the success of the first American EVA as well as the four-day U.S. mission (GEMINI 4), NASA gained the confidence to gradually increase mission time spent in orbit. This is the first known book to focus solely on the Gemini 5 mission and its challenges with equipment failures and difficult living conditions. The mission was targeted to double the endurance of the previous one, and as such was an integral stepping stone for an even more audacious mission four months later. Attempting the eight- and then fourteen-day durations would be an opportunity for America to gain the lead in space exploration over the Soviets. This mission pioneered the duration of a flight to the Moon and back three years before Apollo 8 made that journey, without a lunar landing, for the first time. 410 0$aSpringer Praxis books. 606 $aExtravehicular activity (Manned space flight) 606 $aSpace flight to the moon 615 0$aExtravehicular activity (Manned space flight) 615 0$aSpace flight to the moon. 676 $a629.4584 700 $aShayler$b David J.$0805083 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910682591003321 996 $aGemini 5$93077484 997 $aUNINA