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Astronauts Recovered in the Atlantic

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  • 1969-9-4

In the Atlantic: The early morning sun dapples the calm Atlantic with myriads of diamond-like sparkles as one of the United States record-breaking astronauts is hoisted aboard the rescue helicopter yesterday. His partner waits in life raft as a fr...

Daily Mirror

Gemini 10 Astronaauts John Young and Michael Collins

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Mission Completed On board the USS Guadalcanal: Gemini-10 astronauts John Young (left) and Michael Collins pictured on board the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Guadalcanal after they had been picked up in the Atlantic following the splash-dow...

United Press International (UK) Ltd.

Gemini-6 Astronauts aboard the USS Carrier Wasp

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Happy Spacemen — Gemini-6 astronauts Tom Stafford (left) and Wally Schirra congratulate each other aboard the carrier USS Wasp after they completed their historic rendezvous flight. They came aboard the carrier inside their spacecraft after the sp...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Helicopter Recovery

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  • 1961-5-13

A helicopter from the recovery ship USS Lake Champlain hoists aeronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. aboard as his Project Mercury capsule begins to float in the Atlantic. Helicopter Recovery — A helicopter from the recovery ship USS Lake Champlain hoists ...

Daily Mirror

Major Edward H. White Looking at Earth

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  • 1965-6-14

Major Edward H. White (34) looking down at an earth turned by distance into the lightness of a round and elderly cheese 100 miles below him, as he floated in space during the recent 4-day Gemini flight. The "umbilical cord" that attached the U.S. ...

United Press International (UK) Ltd.