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September 15, 1966, after a three-day, 44-orbit journey in space, Gemini 11 astronauts Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon splash down in the Atlantic (lemmy.zip)

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[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

(small tip: my Lemmy client only shows 1 image in cross-posts; if yours does too, there are 2 more images behind that url).

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[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I wonder how long it was before they were recovered

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[–] Starfighter@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

A little over 20 mins:

Splashdown in the western Atlantic at 24.25° N, 70.00° W, 4.9 km from the target point, occurred at 8:59:35 a.m. EST. The crew was picked up by helicopter and brought to the U.S.S. Guam at 9:23 a.m. and the spacecraft was recovered at 9:58 a.m.

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