Unidentified photographer / artist 1965, 29 August Gemini V Splashdown and Recovery NASA NASA Center: Headquarters, Image: 65-HC-668
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., Command Pilot of the Gemini V spacecraft is hoisted into a recovery helicopter after the Gemini 5 eight day mission. The NASA Gemini 5 spacecraft was launched at 9:00 a.m., EST, August 21, 1965. Splashdown occured at 7:56 a.m., EST, August 29, 1965.
