Gemini V Recovery. Astronauts Charles Conrad and Gordon Cooper come aboard the USS <i>Lake Champlain</i> after splashdown from their mission of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_V" class="extiw" title="w:Gemini V">Gemini V</a> spacecraft. Conrad shows Cooper how to"say cheese" for the cameras, as Conrad and Cooper joke a little upon their return. Splashdown of the spacecraft occurred at 7:56 am EST on August 29, 1965.
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1965-08-29
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