The Gemini-9A spacecraft, with astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene A. Cernan still inside, in water as the aircraft carrier USS Wasp, the recovery ship, comes alongside to recover the astronauts and their spacecraft. Gemini-9A splashed down only 3.5 miles from the recovery ship at 9 a.m. (EST), June 6, 1966, 345 miles east of Cape Kennedy, to conclude a 72-hour, 21-minute mission in space.
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The Gemini-9A spacecraft, with astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene A. Cernan still inside, in water as the aircraft carrier USS Wasp, the recovery ship, comes alongside to recover the astronauts and their spacecraft. Gemini-9A splashed down only 3.5 miles from the recovery ship at 9 a.m. (EST), June 6, 1966, 345 miles east of Cape Kennedy, to conclude a 72-hour, 21-minute mission in space.