Newly discovered photos show astronaut Neil Armstrong after the Gemini 8 emergency
ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN
Associated Press
Updated
ASSOCIATED PRESS, RON MCQUEENEY/OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION
Newly released photographs are shedding light on a little known but critical moment in Neil Armstrong’s career, years before he became the first person to walk on the moon. The images capture the aftermath of the Gemini 8 mission in 1966, a flight that nearly ended in disaster but helped pav…
NEW YORK — Sixty years after Neil Armstrong barely survived an emergency in orbit around Earth on Gemini 8, never-before-seen photos of his heroic return were donated to the Ohio museum that bears his name.
This 1966 photo shows astronauts Neil Armstrong, left, and David Scott walking through a crowd of U.S. service members at Naha Air Base in Okinawa, Japan.
This 1966 image shows astronauts Neil Armstrong, second from right, and David Scott, third from right, standing on the deck of the USS Leonard F. Mason at Naha Air Base in Okinawa, Japan.Â
This 1966 photo shows astronauts Neil Armstrong, left, and David Scott walking through a crowd of U.S. service members at Naha Air Base in Okinawa, Japan.
This 1966 image shows astronauts Neil Armstrong, second from right, and David Scott, third from right, standing on the deck of the USS Leonard F. Mason at Naha Air Base in Okinawa, Japan.Â
