Prime crew for the Gemini-5 spaceflight, astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. (far left), pilot; and astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (white shirt), command pilot, have breakfast with fellow astronauts and associates before beginning final preparations for their planned eight-day mission in space. Seated next to Cooper is astronaut Donald K. Slayton, assistant director for Flight Crew Operations, Manned Spacecraft Center. Seated next to Conrad is Dr. Howard Minners, MSC Flight Medicine Branch, Center Medical Office.
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NASA
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Prime crew for the Gemini-5 spaceflight, astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. (far left), pilot; and astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (white shirt), command pilot, have breakfast with fellow astronauts and associates before beginning final preparations for their planned eight-day mission in space. Seated next to Cooper is astronaut Donald K. Slayton, assistant director for Flight Crew Operations, Manned Spacecraft Center. Seated next to Conrad is Dr. Howard Minners, MSC Flight Medicine Branch, Center Medical Office.