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Clifford E. Charlesworth, one of the Gemini 10 flight directors, explains the EVA maneuver to be attempted by Astronaut Michael Collins during the spaceflight.

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.

Flames pour from an Atlas rocket as it pushes an Agena target vehicle toward orbit and 100 minutes later the Gemini 10 spacecraft starts in pusuit atop a Titan 2 rocket.

NASA Photo from the Gemini 10 Mission. Closeup of window of the Gemini Spacecraft, docked Agena Module in background.

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

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.

Michael Collins, who is scheduled to take a walk in space during his three-day flight in Gemini 10 with John W. Young, gets suited up in preparation for his blast-off.

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

Mrs. Pat Collins, wife of Gemini 10 pilot Mike Collins, jests with newsmen as she and her sister, Mrs. Ellie Golden, walk to a neighbor's home to attend a swimming party today.

This is an artist's drawing of how the Gemini 10 space capsule will be pushed into a higher orbit when they ignite the 16,000-pound thrust multi-start Agena rocket engine while docked with the Agena target vehicle.

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

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

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.

Mrs. Pat Collins, wife of Air Force Maj. Michael Collins, gestures as she talks with newsmen at the family home in El Lago near the Spacecraft Center following the successful launch.

Locked in their tiny Gemini 10 spacecraft are Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins in this unusual "fisheye" lens shot of the capsule before the gantry was lowered at Pad 19.

This is how the Agena Docking vehicle looked from the Gemini 10 spacecraft as the two vehicles maneuvered into position high above the earth.

"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.

Members of the Recovery Control Center Staff at Manned Spacecraft Center Houston, TX, watch as Gemini 10 spaceflight begins the roll after launching from Cape Kennedy.

As Gemini 10 spaceflight continued to orbit the earth on its complex mission, ground crew members at Mission Control reflected these expressions as they went about their various assignments.

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.

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 Command Pilot John W. Young leads the way as he and Co-Pilot Michael Collins leave the suiting van at Cape Kennedy, FL.

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.

A Titan 2 rocket lifts from the pad at Cape Kennedy today carrying the Gemini 10 capsule and astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins to a planned three-day voyage in space.

John W. Young, the command pilot of Gemini 10, is presented a huge mock pair of pliers before he and fellow Astronaut Michael Collins boarded their spacecraft.

An Agena space vehicle riding atop a powerful Atlas booster, spewing flames and smoke, rocketed off its pad at Cape Kennedy, FL.

NASA Photo from the Gemini 10 Mission. View from the Gemini Spacecraft of the Agena Module orbiting above Earth.

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.

NASA Photo 104-KSC-66P-261, JFK Space Center, Kennedy, FL, June 10, 1966. NASA's Gemini 10 Spacecraft Erection Launch Complex 19 Cape Kennedy.

NASA Photo 104-KSC-66P-283, JFK Space Center, Kennedy, FL, June 17, 1966. Zero G. Michael Collins practices leaving and re-entering a mock-up spacecraft under weight-less conditions.

NASA Photo 104-KSC-66P-284, JFK Space Center, Kennedy, FL, June 17, 1966. Zero G. Michael Collins practices leaving and re-entering a mock-up spacecraft under weight-less conditions.

NASA Photo 66-H-1022, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 21, 1966. John Stonesifer, a NASA landing and recovery official, greets Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins aboard the USS Guadalcanal after the space pilots disembarked from the…

NASA Photo 66-H-1025, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 21, 1966. Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins are welcomed aboard the USS Guadalcanal following their spalsh down and recovery in the Atlantic Ocean, 460 nautical miles east of Cape…

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…

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-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.

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-963, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 12, 1966. Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young, command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, are in the Gemini 10 Spacecraft during the Simultaneous Launch Demonstration at the White Room Level at Complex 19.

NASA Photo 66-H-964, Cape Kennedy, FL, July 12, 1966. Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young, command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, arrive at the white room during the Simultaneous Launch Demonstration at Complex 19.