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Rescue Helicopters

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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...

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Gemini-4 Space Men Splash Down

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  • 1965-6-8

In the Atlantic: Majors Edward White (left) and James McDivitt relax in their rubber lifecraft in the Atlantic yesterday, as Navy forgmen move in to check on them after splash down of the Gemini space craft. Another frogman completes job of attach...

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Gemini-9 Crew Aboard Carrier

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Gemini-9 astronauts Eugene Cernan (left) and Tom Stafford prepare to leave their Gemini-9 spacecraft aboard the prime recovery ship USS Wasp. They were picked up within an hour after their bullseye landing in the Atlantic east of Florida on June 6...

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Space Couple Salute

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  • 1965-6-8

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...

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James Loyell (Left) and Frank Borman

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"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-...

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Gemini 9 Astronauts

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  • 1966-6-12

Gemini 9 astronauts Eugene Cernan (left) and Thomas Stafford coming out of their space-craft after they made a bull's eye landing in the Atlantic, at the end of three-day feats in space last week. The astronauts were picked up by the rescue aircra...

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Astronauts Stafford & Schirra Popping Out of Their Spacecraft

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  • 1965-12-28

It looks like something from the Birth of Venus, but is actually US astronauts, Tom Stafford (foreground, left) and Walter Schirra (foreground, right) popping out of their spacecraft Gemini 6, after splash-down in the Atlantic Ocean after their re...

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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...

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