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on this day in space

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1965 to NASA astronauts return to their record-breaking

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Germany V mission Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad spent eight

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days in Earth orbit for the first time the United States that

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a world record for the duration of a crude spaceflight.

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Well in orbit the astronauts were supposed to test Rendezvous

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capabilities and Maneuvers using a pod that deploy from their

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spacecraft, but due to an electrical problem.

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They had to cancel those plans along with several science

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experiments Pete Conrad later call the Mission 8 days in a garbage

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can referring to the cramped quarters of the dummies spacecraft.

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Nothing happened on this day in space.