[Gemini V] — The Launch of "Eight Days or Bust." Color photograph signed and inscribed by Gordon Cooper & Charles Conrad

[Gemini 5]

The Launch of "Eight Days or Bust"

Color photograph, 16 x 20 in.

SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Command Pilot L. Gordon Cooper: "GT5 Launch / 21 Aug 1965 / Gordon Cooper" and by Pilot Charles "Pete" Conrad: "Eight Days or Bust / Charles Conrad."

The beginning of "Eight Days or Bust!" On August 26, 1965, Gemini V set the world record for duration of a crewed space mission, breaking the Soviet Union's previous record.