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NASA Photo 66-H-1027, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 21, 1966. Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young, command pilot, and Michael Colins, pilot, talk on live radio and television aboard the USS Guadalcanal following their recovery in the Atlantic Ocean.

NASA Photo 66-H-1028, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 21, 1966. Gemini 10 Astronauts, John W. Young and Michael Collins, are welcomed aboard the USS Guadalcanal following their splash down and recovery in the Atlantic Ocean, 460 nautical miles east of Cape…

NASA Photo 66-H-1029, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 21, 1966. Navy personnel prepare to hoist the Gemini 10 spacecraft aboard the USS Guadalcanal following recovery of Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins, 460 nautical miles east of Cape Kennedy.

NASA Photo 66-H-1031, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 21, 1966. Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins relax aboard the USS Guadalcanal following their recovery from the Atlantic Ocean. They splashed down 460 nautical miles east of Cape…

NASA Photo 66-H-1032, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 21, 1966. Aboard the USS Guadalcanal, prime recovery ship for the Gemini 10 mission, Rear Admiral W. P. Mack, commander of the Western Atlantic recovery goup, shakes hands with Command Pilot John W. Young…

NASA Photo 66-H-1034, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 21, 1966. Gemini 10 Command Pilot John W. Young autographs life preserver for sailor aboard the USS Guadalcanal following his and Pilot Michael Collins' splash down in the Atlantic Ocean 460 nautical miles…

NASA Photo 66-H-1035, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 21, 1966. Twelve-year-old Billy Doyle, of Virginia Beach, Va., shakes hands with Gemini 10 Command Pilot John W. Young aboard the USS Guadalcanal following Young's and Pilot Michael Collins'recovery from…

NASA Photo 66-H-1037, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 21, 1966. The Gemini 10 spacecraft containing Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean, 460 nautical miles east of Cape Kennedy following a flight of 43 revolutions…

"Recovery Area", USS Guadalcanal, July 21, 1966. A Navy frogman of the USS Guadalcanal recovery team attached the floatation collar to the NASA Gemini 10 spacecraft after splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.

NASA Photo 66-H-1039, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 21, 1966. A Pararescueman inflates flotation collar under the Gemini 10 Spacecraft containing Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins following their splash down in the Atlantic ocecan.

NASA Photo 66-H-1040, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 21, 1966. The Gemini 10 spacecraft containing Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins descends into the Atlantic Ocean.

NASA Photo 66-H-1041, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 21, 1966. Gemini 10 spacecraft containing Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins impacted into the Atlantic Ocean.

NASA Photo 66-H-1043, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 21, 1966. Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins join in a shipboard ceremony aboard the USS Guadalcanal after their recovery in the Atlantic Ocean

NASA Photo 66-H-1042, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 21, 1966. Gemini 10 Astronauts Michael Collins and John W. Young explain particulars of their three-day mission to naval officers aboard the USS Guadalcanal.

Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins get a welcome from crew of the Carrier Guadalcanal after they were taken aboard following an on-target splashdown from their three day flight.

Gemini 10 Astronaut Michael Collins wears a life belt as he is towed up to a helicopter from raft in the western Atlantic today after splash down of the space craft.

Astronaut Michael Collins awaits for John Young to be helped out of the Gemini 10 after their splashdown in the western Atlantic.

Seaman Roger Bates of New York City installs flotation collar underwater on the Gemini 10 capsule.

The huge, striped parachute which eased Gemini 10 down into the western Atlantic after the reentry of the spacecraft collapses in the water as Gemini 10 floats alongside it.

Parachute of the Gemini 10 eases the space craft down into the waters of the western Atlantic.

Mike Collins, 3, whose dad, Astronaut Michael Collins has contributed a great deal to America's space program in the last few days, has his own little space kick going.

Astronaut John W. Young, Command Pilot of the Gemini 10 Spacecraft, is hoisted from the water by a recovery helicopter from the prime recovery ship, The USS Guadalcanal.

Astronaut Michael Collins above the Western Atlantic as he is hoisted from the water by a recovery helicopter from the prime recovery ship, The USS Guadalcanal.

A three-day growth of beards is sported by Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins, after they were taken aboard the Carrier Guadalcanal.

Mrs. Pat Collins, Wife of Maj. Michael Collins of Gemini 10, and the couple's children meet with newsmen after splashdown today.

The crew of the Gemini 10 Spaceflight, Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins, arrive aboard the recovery ship USS Guadalcanal.

Twelve-year-old Billy Doyle of Virginia Beach, VA., shakes hands with astronaut Michael Collins aboard the recovery ship Guadalcanal.

Daily News Headline "Mike Zip-Guns to Flying Agena But Fuel Gap Cuts Trip Short", July 21, 1966.

Daily News Article "1st Space Walk Between 2 Vehicles" from July 21, 1966.

Newspaper Articles "The Triumph of the Gemini 10" and "3-Day Trip Ends With Bagful of Records" (07/21/66)

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Gemini 10 Astronauts Michael Collins and John W. Young sit in a raft with three frogmen as they wait for a helicopter to pick them up after they emerged from their spacecraft after splash down in the western Atlantic.

The 83-foot orange and white parachute that lowered the Gemini 10 space craft after reentry lies below the surface of the western Atlantic after the almost perfect pinpoint landing of the craft in recovery area.

Wearing a three-day growth of beard, the beaming crew of the Gemini 10, John W. Young and Michael Collins, stand on the deck of the helicopter carrier Guadalcanal.

Happy NASA officials are shown in Mission Control, Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, TX, after completion of the successful Gemini 10 spaceflight.

Hands clasped in their laps, Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins sit side by side on the Carrier Guadalcanal.

Beaming with happiness are the wives of the Gemini 10 pilots as they talked with newsmen after the successful splashdown yesterday.

Freckle-faced, twelve-year-old Billy Doyle gets the fulfillment of his greatest wish as Gemini 10 space walker Michael Collins hands him a piece of cake aboard the helicopter carrier Guadalcanal.

Astronaut Michael Collins during a special dinner aboard the USS Guadalcanal.

The New York Times article "Gemini 10 Flight Ends With a Splashdown 3 Miles From Target", July 22, 1966.

New York article "Gemini Splashes Down 3 Miles From Target", July 22, 1966.

New York Post article "Twins Praise the Featniks Back at the Pad", July 22, 1966.

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This view made from the Gemini 10 spacecraft shows the stowage bag of the umbilical line after it was dumped from the craft.

This is how the earth looked to Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins from the 475-mile altitude reached during the Gemini 10 spaceflight.

This is how the earth looked to Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins from the 475-mile altitude reached during the Gemini 10 spaceflight.

This view through command pilot's hatch window on the Gemini 10 spacecraft moments before docking was accomplished with the Agena Target Vehicle.

This is how the Agena Docking Vehicle looked from Gemini 10 as the spacecraft maneuvered into position to unite with its target high above the earth.