Gemini 5 Splashdown and Recovery

Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., Command Pilot of the Gemini V spacecraft is hoisted into a recovery helicopter after the Gemini V eight day mission. The NASA Gemini V spacecraft was launched at 9:00 a.m., EST, August 21, 1965. Splashdown occurred at 7:56 a.m., EST, August 29, 1965

 

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: 65-HC-668

Date: August 29, 1965

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