NASA Photo ID: S66-34101           File Name: 10074390.jpg
Film Type: 120mm                   Date Taken: 03/16/66
Title: Gemini 8 spacecraft hoisted aboard the U.S.S. Leonard F. Mason
Description:
The Gemini 8 spacecraft, with Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R.
Scott  still aboard, is hoisted aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Leonard F.
Mason.  Trouble with the Gemini 8 Orbit Attitude and Maneuvering System
(OAMS) forced  an early termination of the mission.                  

Subject terms:
GEMINI 8 FLIGHT                         
GEMINI PROJECT                          
NAVY                                    
RESCUE OPERATIONS                       
SHIPS                                   
SPACECRAFT RECOVERY                     
WATER LANDING                           

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