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GEMINI 7 LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1965
Crew members James Lovell and Frank Borman
Gemini 7 was the 4th manned Gemini flight with Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Borman
and Navy Comdr. James A. Lovell on board. They spent nearly 14 days in space
making a total of 206 orbits, and were joined by the Gemini-6A flight which then
performed the first rendezvous maneuver of manned spacecraft.
CREATED ON THIS DAY IN 1941
Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is a Congressionally chartered, volunteer, federally supported
non-profit organization that serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States
Air Force. The CAP was created with Administrative Order 9, signed by New York
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia. Major General John F. Curry was appointed as the
first national commander.
LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY ~
CHIMP ORBITS EARTH ON THIS DAY IN 1961
Enos the chimp in a flight couch, about to make his space flight from
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Mercury-Atlas 5 was a unmanned spaceflight of the Mercury program. It
was launched with a 5 1/2 year old chimpanzee named Enos aboard. The
craft orbited the Earth twice and splashed down about 200 miles south of
Bermuda.
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