Gemini VI command pilot Wally Schirra climbs from his spacecraft after splashdown.
Gemini VI command pilot Wally Schirra climbs from his spacecraft as he and astronaut Thomas Stafford (not in view) arrive aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp. They are assisted by various McDonell Douglas technicians. The Gemini VI spacecraft splashed down in the western Atlantic recover area at 10:29 a.m. (EST) December 16, 1965, after a successful 25 hour 52 minute mission in space.