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...Usually Cooper was the taciturn, matter-of-fact command pilot, Pete Conrad the ebullient space tourist. On one pass he chattered with Astronaut Jim McDivitt, sitting as capsule communicator at Houston...
...Cooper (interrupting): He sings...
...called up, "you've had 100 hours now, and all the [health] data look really excellent. All the rates and pressures are still well within normal range." Even the "lack of blue-bag activity" did not bother the medical men; Conrad had had only one bowel movement and Cooper none, which was not unusual on their low-residue diets...
...mechanical problem cropped up on the fifth day. Two of the eight tiny 25-lb. thrusters jammed. Forced to rely more heavily on the other thrusters, Cooper used up considerable fuel, leaving only 17 Ibs. for the rest of the trip. Ground control suggested that Cooper might indulge in "a couple of rolls and a loop" to celebrate when Gemini 5 cracked the time-in-space record held by Russia's Vostok 5. Cooper said he could not spare the fuel-and besides, "That's all we have been doing all day is rolling and rolling...
...endurance record fell as the clock at Mission Control ticked off 119 hr. 6 min. from liftoff. Sitting at his control panel, Kraft said just one word: "Zap!"-a Buck Rogers exclamation to describe the blast of space guns. Then he got on the line to Cooper: "How does it feel for the U.S. to be a world record holder, Gordo?" Replied the laconic spaceman: "At last...