Gemini VI Astronauts Cut Cake

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NASA
Southwestern Oklahoma State University

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Creation Date

12-16-1965

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December 16, 1965

CAPE KENNEDY, FLA. – Astronauts Walter M. Schirra, Jr., (right), command pilot, and Thomas P. Stafford, pilot, slice into a huge cake which was part of their warm welcome after arriving aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Gemini 6 spacecraft splashed down 12 miles from the carrier in the western Atlantic recovery area at 10:29 a.m., (EST) today, December 16, 1965, after a highly successful 25 hour 52 minutes mission in space. Sailors gather around close to watch the cake cutting.