Gemini Recovery
Artist: Robert McCall, mid-1960s Media: Watercolor
Description: The Gemini V crew, Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad, bob in a life raft beside their spacecraft as a helicopter comes to the rescue after their Earth orbital mission, which took place August 21-29, 1965. It was the longest manned flight to date -- 7 days, 22 hours, and 55 minutes. Artist Robert T. McCall documented the return of the crew from the recovery ship USS Lake Champion in the Atlantic Ocean.
Image Credit: Robert McCall
All rights reserved
Courtesy: NASA Art Program
Gemini Recovery
Artist: Robert McCall, mid-1960s Media: Watercolor
Description: The Gemini V crew, Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad, bob in a life raft beside their spacecraft as a helicopter comes to the rescue after their Earth orbital mission, which took place August 21-29, 1965. It was the longest manned flight to date -- 7 days, 22 hours, and 55 minutes. Artist Robert T. McCall documented the return of the crew from the recovery ship USS Lake Champion in the Atlantic Ocean.
Image Credit: Robert McCall
All rights reserved
Courtesy: NASA Art Program