
S66-42790 (21 July 1966) --- The Gemini-10 spacecraft, with flotation collar still attached, is prepared for hoisting aboard the prime recovery ship, USS Guadalcanal. Navy frogmen assist in the recovery operations. Astronauts John W. Young, command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, prime crew for the Gemini-10 spaceflight, had already been picked up by helicopter and flown to the Guadalcanal. Gemini-10 splashed down 460 nautical miles east of Cape Kennedy at 4:07 p.m. (EST), July 21, 1966, to conclude a three-day mission in space. Photo credit: NASA
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