On This Day in History / August 21, 2024 GEMINI 51965: Through 29 August, Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. (USAF Command Pilot and Mercury veteran, was the first person to fly two Earth orbital missions, right), and Charles Conrad, Jr. (USN) set eight records in the Gemini V mission: (1) longest flight–190 hours 55 minutes; (2) national man-hours in space–641 hours and 24 minutes; (3) longest multimanned flight–190 hours 55 minutes; (4) most orbits for manned flight–120; (5) most manned flights–9; (6) first man with a second flight–Cooper; (7) most flight time–Cooper; and (8) longest space flight–Cooper and Conrad. The capsule splashed down 600 miles east of Jacksonville after a 3,309,506-mile flight.