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ASTRONAUT JAMES A. LOVELL, JR. - MISC. - GT-7 RECOVERY
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S66-15447 (18 Dec. 1965) --- Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., pilot of the National Aeronautics Space Administration's 14-day Gemini-7 spaceflight, is hoisted from the water by a recovery helicopter from the aircraft carrier USS Wasp. Gemini-7 splashed down in the western Atlantic recovery area at 9:05 a.m. (EST), Dec. 18, 1965, to conclude the record-breaking mission in space. Astronaut Frank Borman, command pilot and three Navy frogmen sit in a life raft beside the spacecraft.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineASTRONAUT JAMES A. LOVELL, JR. - MISC. - GT-7 RECOVERY. NASA/JSC, 1966-12-18. Public domain. ID: s66-15447.
