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.
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.
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.
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, proudly displaying his Exceptional Service Medal, talks with Dr. Robert C. Seamans Jr. (NASA Deputy Administrator) and Dr. Robert R. Gilruth (Manned Spacecraft Center Director) following the Gemini 10 news conference.
Panel Members Dr. Robert C. Seamans Jr. (NASA Deputy Administrator), Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins, and Dr. Robert R. Gilruth (MSC Director) field questions at the Gemini 10 news conference.
Astronaut John W. Young uses a chalk drawing on a blackboard to illustrate how astronaut Michael Collins looked when he inspected the Agena Target Docking Vehicle during his extravehicular activity.
Gemini 10 Astronaut-pilot Michael Collins got the "go ahead" today to walk in space on a 50 foot lifeline and use a gas-powered hand gun to propel himself over to Agena 8. AP Artist John Carlton shows how Collins might accomplish his feat.
Post-Gemini 10 Mission Fact Sheet (291G) published by NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas. Details the events and progression of the mission.