NASA Photo ID: S65-33532 File Name: 10074027.jpg
Film Type: 8x10 Date Taken: 06/07/65
Title: Gemini 4 astronauts relax aboard Navy helicopter after recovery
Description:
Gemini 4 astronauts, James A. McDivitt (right), command pilot, and Edward
H. White II, (left), pilot, relax aboard a U.S. Navy helicopter on their
way to the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp after recovery from the Gemini 4
spacecraft. They had been picked up out of the Atlantic Ocean following a
successful splashdown (33532); White (left) and McDivitt listen to the
voice of President Lyndon B. Johnson as he congratulated them by telephone
on the successful mission. They are shown aboard the carrier U.S.S. Wasp
just after their recovery (33533).
Subject terms:
ASTRONAUTS
GEMINI 4 FLIGHT
GEMINI PROJECT
HELICOPTERS
MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC SPEAKING
RECOVERY
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