g08_v_bw_o_n (66-H-322, S-66-18602 eq)
“PACIFIC OCEAN – Astronauts (left to right) David Scott and Neil Armstrong, still seated insider their Gemini 8 spacecraft, wait to be picked up by the U.S.S. destroyer Mason. Pararescue men stand on floatation collar assisting the astronauts after they had placed the collar around spacecraft. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Gemini 8 mission was terminated during the sixth orbit, landing some 500 miles east of Okinawa.”
Per the caption for the identical image, with photo ID no. S66-18602. If correct, it contains excellent additional information (obviously associated with it being in color) and is very well written…wow, pinch me. Must've been outsourced: 😉
“Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R. Scott sit with their spacecraft hatches open while awaiting the arrival of the recovery ship, the USS Leonard F. Mason after the successful, but early, completion of their Gemini VIII mission. They are assisted by USAF Pararescuemen Eldrige M. Neal, Larry D. Huyett, and Glenn M. Moore. The overhead view shows the Gemini 8 spacecraft with the yellow flotation collar attached to stabilize the spacecraft in choppy seas. The green marker dye is highly visible from the air and is used as a locating aid.”
Neil is rockin’ those Ray-Bans, too too cool, which he INDEED WAS during this mission. The 1201 alarm, <30 seconds of fuel remaining combo three years later was a walk-in-the-park compared to this.
RIGHT STUFF X 2.
Air Farce, err…Force Pararescue?! I would’ve expected Navy…like UDT folks.
Hmm…Airmen, they’re probably waiting on caviar & crackers to be air-dropped to them. Did they even know how to swim? 😉👍 ✈️
Who knew?
g08_v_bw_o_n (66-H-322, S-66-18602 eq)
“PACIFIC OCEAN – Astronauts (left to right) David Scott and Neil Armstrong, still seated insider their Gemini 8 spacecraft, wait to be picked up by the U.S.S. destroyer Mason. Pararescue men stand on floatation collar assisting the astronauts after they had placed the collar around spacecraft. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Gemini 8 mission was terminated during the sixth orbit, landing some 500 miles east of Okinawa.”
Per the caption for the identical image, with photo ID no. S66-18602. If correct, it contains excellent additional information (obviously associated with it being in color) and is very well written…wow, pinch me. Must've been outsourced: 😉
“Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R. Scott sit with their spacecraft hatches open while awaiting the arrival of the recovery ship, the USS Leonard F. Mason after the successful, but early, completion of their Gemini VIII mission. They are assisted by USAF Pararescuemen Eldrige M. Neal, Larry D. Huyett, and Glenn M. Moore. The overhead view shows the Gemini 8 spacecraft with the yellow flotation collar attached to stabilize the spacecraft in choppy seas. The green marker dye is highly visible from the air and is used as a locating aid.”
Neil is rockin’ those Ray-Bans, too too cool, which he INDEED WAS during this mission. The 1201 alarm, <30 seconds of fuel remaining combo three years later was a walk-in-the-park compared to this.
RIGHT STUFF X 2.
Air Farce, err…Force Pararescue?! I would’ve expected Navy…like UDT folks.
Hmm…Airmen, they’re probably waiting on caviar & crackers to be air-dropped to them. Did they even know how to swim? 😉👍 ✈️
Who knew?