Carlota Bradley
David Warren "Dave" Brubeck (December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012)
Brubeck was told to go to the College of the Pacific’s conservatory by his
zoologist professor when it became clear that his heart wasn’t in veterinary
science. He was almost expelled from the conservatory because he couldn’t
read music.
(L-R) James Lovell and Frank Borman
Gemini 7 was a 1965 manned spaceflight in NASA‘s Gemini program. It was
the fourth manned Gemini flight, the twelfth manned American flight and the
twentieth manned spaceflight including Soviet flights and X-15 flights above
the Kármán line. The crew of Frank F. Borman, II and James A. Lovell, Jr
spent nearly 14 days in space, making a total of 206 orbits. Gemini 7 was
the longest manned space flight in U.S. history until the Skylab missions of
the 1970s, and held the record for the longest space flight until Soyuz 9 in
June 1970.
Enos the chimp is being prepared for the launching of the
Mercury 5 spacecraft on this day in 1961.
