Gemini 9 Launch and Return

Gemini 9 spacecraft on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy / astronauts Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan walk out of building waving to camera / climb onto truck that drives them to launch pad / astronauts joke with ground crew holding a giant matchstick / astronauts are helped into their seats on the spacecraft / hatches closed and sealed / rocket leaves the launch pad / cameras film the trajectory of craft / three days later on board the aircraft carrier USS Wasp / crew sitting on deck waiting for space crew / capsule and crew floating in the ocean / capsule hoisted onto ship / astronauts sit onto of capsule visiting with crew and press / shake hands and climb down