Who shared the command pilot duties on the Gemini 5 flight with Conrad?
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
Gordon Cooper
Alan Shepard
Answer
Gordon Cooper was a NASA astronaut and test pilot who became the third American to orbit the Earth in 1962. He shared the command pilot duties on the Gemini 5 flight with Pete Conrad, and the two men became the first astronauts to perform extravehicular activity, or spacewalks. Cooper retired from NASA in 1970 and became a businessman and public speaker.
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