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reader@lemmy.zip to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 1 month ago

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

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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

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reader@lemmy.zip to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 1 month ago
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  • huppakee@lemmy.world
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    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).

  • Cris_Citrus (he/him <3)@piefed.zip
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    I wonder how long it was before they were recovered

    • Starfighter@discuss.tchncs.de
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      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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      • reader@lemmy.zipOP
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        1 month ago

        what a journey

      • Cris_Citrus (he/him <3)@piefed.zip
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        I had hoped to go look it up and edit it back in, thank you very much for finding the answer!

  • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.world
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    “Hey! You can’t park that here.”

  • wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    44 orbits in 3 days? Holy shit, 17,967mph is fast AF.

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