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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
James Loyell (Left) and Frank Borman
"The Glory Boys from Outer Space" Aboard the USS Wasp: Bearded astronauts James Lovell (left) and Frank Borman pictured on this aircraft carrier today in the Atlantic Southwest of Bermuda after their successful splash down. The world space record-...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
Major Edward H. White Looking at Earth
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.
U.S. astronauts Edward H. White (left) and James A. McDivitt putting their heads together to hear President Johnson's telephoned congratulations on their successful Gemini IV space flight. The Chief Executive's call reached them shortly after they...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Rescue Helicopters — U.S. astronauts Eugene Cernan (left) and Tom Stafford sit in their Gemini-9 spacecraft with hatches open as rescue helicopters from the prime recovery ship 'Wasp' hover overhead. The spacemen brought their craft down in the At...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Aboard Carrier Wasp: The two American astronauts launched into orbit on June 3rd, "splashed down" safely by parachute in the Atlantic 400 miles from Bermuda yesterday. They came down 48 miles from the main recovery vessel, the carrier wasp and the...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
The Gemini-12 spacecraft, with United States astronauts James Lovell and Edwin Aldrin aboard seconds before splashdown at the conclusion of the 4-day space mission, in the Atlantic Ocean recently (left photo). At right: The spacecraft safely down,...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
U.S. Astronauts Receiving Congratulations from President
U.S. astronauts Edward H. White (left) and James A. McDivitt putting their heads together to hear President Johnson's telephoned congratulations on their successful Gemini IV space flight. The Chief Executive's call reached them shortly after they...
The Times of Ceylon Press