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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Astronauts Michael Collins and John W. Young are hoping that yesterday's problem with smarting eyes will not recur late this afternoon as they open their spacecraft's hatch to conduct experiments in space.