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Astronauts Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan smile as they talk on the phone with President Johnson after their Gemini-9A spaceflight

ASTRONAUT CERNAN, EUGENE A. – RECOVERY (GEMINI-TITAN [GT]-9A) – ATLANTIC

S66-34111 (6 June 1966) --- Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left) and Eugene A. Cernan talk to President Lyndon B. Johnson via ship-to-shore telephone from aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp. Gemini-9A splashed down only 3.5 miles from the recovery ship at 9 a.m. (EST), June 6, 1966, 345 miles east of Cape Kennedy, to conclude a 72-hour, 21-minute mission in space. Photo credit: NASA

Image Credit: NASA
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