Spacecrafts | Gemini V (1965)
Gemini V was a 1965 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Project Gemini.
1965-08-21 14:00:00 - NASA
It was the third crewed Gemini flight, the eleventh crewed American spaceflight (including two X-15 flights above 100 kilometers (54 nmi)), and the nineteenth human spaceflight of all time.
It was also the first time an American crewed space mission held the world record for duration, set on August 26, 1965, by breaking the Soviet Union's previous record set by Vostok 5 in 1963.
This record might have been one day longer; however, Gemini V was cut short, due to the approach of Hurricane Betsy.