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 | | Gemini 5's Titan II first stage survived staging (a feat in itself, considering the Titan II's "fire-in-the-hole" staging process, wherein the second stage engine ignited before the first stage was even severed, which sometimes just blew the first stage to pieces), re-entry, and unassisted splashdown. |
 | | Gemini 5, despite a few problems, was a valuable step on the long road to the Moon, and the United States can now claim the lead in the space race with the Soviets. |
 | | Gemini 5, although nobody could have known it at the time, was to be his last space flight. |
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