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EDWARDS, Calif. –   Against a setting sun, space shuttle Endeavour undergoes recovery operations on Edwards Air Force Base in California after its landing.  The orbiter convoy normally begins recovery operations in earnest about two hours before the shuttle is scheduled to land. Specially designed vehicles or units and a team of trained personnel “safe” the orbiter and prepare it for towing. Purge and Coolant Umbilical Access Vehicles are moved into position behind the orbiter to get access to the umbilical areas. The flight crew is replaced aboard the orbiter by exchange sup¬port personnel who prepare the orbiter for ground tow operations, install switch guards and remove data packages from any onboard experiments. After a total safety downgrade, vehicle ground personnel make numerous preparations for the towing operation, including install¬ing landing gear lock pins, disconnecting the nose landing gear drag link, positioning the towing vehicle in front of the orbiter and connecting the tow bar. The decision to land Endeavour at Edwards was made due to weather concerns at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  In the 52nd landing at Edwards, Endeavour touched down at 4:25 p.m. EST to end the STS-126 mission, completing its 16-day journey of more than 6.6 million miles in space. Endeavour will be returned to Kennedy atop a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, a modified Boeing 747 jetliner.  Photo credit: NASA/Tony Landis, VAFB KSC-08pd3887

EDWARDS, Calif. – Against a setting sun, space shuttle Endeavour und...

EDWARDS, Calif. – Against a setting sun, space shuttle Endeavour undergoes recovery operations on Edwards Air Force Base in California after its landing. The orbiter convoy normally begins recovery operation... More

Retrieval of Alan B. Shepard Jr.

Retrieval of Alan B. Shepard Jr.

(May 5, 1961) Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) suborbital spaceflight, is retrieved by a helicopter from the USS Lake Champlain during recovery operations in the western Atl... More

Astronaut Alan Shepard is rescued by helicopter at end of MR-3 flight

Astronaut Alan Shepard is rescued by helicopter at end of MR-3 flight

S88-31376 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) suborbital spaceflight, is retrieved by a helicopter from the USS Lake Champlain during recovery operations in th... More

Mercury Project recovery, NASA Mercury project

Mercury Project recovery, NASA Mercury project

This photo depicts the recovery operations of the MR-3 mission. Astronaut Alan Shepard was picked up by a U.S. Marine helicopter after the completion of the first marned suborbital flight by MR-3 (Mercury-Redst... More

Interpid, Carpenter recovery, NASA Mercury project

Interpid, Carpenter recovery, NASA Mercury project

S62-04058 (24 May 1962) --- Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) mission, arrives aboard the prime recovery ship, USS Intrepid, during recovery operations following his Earth... More

Recovery operations for the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission

Recovery operations for the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission

S62-09050 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Aerial view of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) Sigma 7 capsule being lowered to the deck of the carrier USS Kearsarge. Photo credit: NASA

Photograph of Naval Personnel Performing Recovery Operations of Friendship 7

Photograph of Naval Personnel Performing Recovery Operations of Friend...

Original caption: CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. - Naval Personnel of DD-841, USS NOA , hook on recovery equipment as Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr.'s MSC NASA Friendship 7 spacecraft is recovered after world orbital fligh... More

Interpid, Carpenter recovery, NASA Mercury project, NASA Gemini program

Interpid, Carpenter recovery, NASA Mercury project, NASA Gemini progra...

S62-04027 (24 May 1962) --- Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) mission, arrives aboard the prime recovery ship, USS Intrepid, during recovery operations following his Earth... More

Photograph of Mercury Spacecraft Aurora 7 Floating in the Atlantic during Recovery Operations

Photograph of Mercury Spacecraft Aurora 7 Floating in the Atlantic dur...

Original caption: CAPE CANAVERAL - The Mercury spacecraft, Aurora 7, is shown floating in the Atlantic during recovery operations following its orbital flight. A scuba dicer is shown on the flotation collar. Co... More

Recovery operations for the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission

Recovery operations for the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission

S62-09049 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Aerial view of a life boat from the USS Kearsarge, recovery ship, approaching the floating Sigma 7 capsule for the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) mission. Photo credit: NASA

FROGMEN - MERCURY-ATLAS (MA)-9 - FAITH "7" - FLOTATION COLLAR - RECOVERY - PACIFIC

FROGMEN - MERCURY-ATLAS (MA)-9 - FAITH "7" - FLOTATION COLLAR - RECOVE...

S63-07707 (16 May 1963) --- A U.S. Navy frogman team attaches a flotation collar to the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9)"Faith 7" spacecraft during recovery operations in the central Pacific near Midway Island. The Mercu... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-3 - RECOVERY OPERATIONS - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG (SPACECRAFT IN WATER) - ATLANTIC

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-3 - RECOVERY OPERATIONS - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG (S...

S65-22893 (23 March 1965) --- Astronaut John W. Young, the pilot of the Gemini-Titan III (GT-3) flight, waits in a life raft to be picked up by a helicopter during recovery operations following the successful t... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-3 - ATTACHING FLOTATION COLLAR - ATLANTIC

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-3 - ATTACHING FLOTATION COLLAR - ATLANTIC

S65-18645 (23 March 1965) --- Navy swimmers are shown attaching a flotation collar to the Gemini-Titan 3 (GT-3) spacecraft during recovery operations following the successful flight. A helicopter hovers in the ... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-IV SPACECRAFT - RECOVERY - ATLANTIC

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-IV SPACECRAFT - RECOVERY - ATLANTIC

S65-32962 (7 June 1965) --- The Gemini-4 (GT-4) spacecraft is hoisted aboard the recovery ship USS Wasp during recovery operations following the successful four-day mission.

MISSION CONTROL CENTER (MCC) - RECOVERY BRIEFING - MSC

MISSION CONTROL CENTER (MCC) - RECOVERY BRIEFING - MSC

S65-28734 (24 Aug. 1965) --- Rear Admiral W.C. Abhau (left), who will take over command of Task Force 140 for Gemini-6, is shown in the Mission Control Center being briefed on recovery operations for Gemini by ... More

GT-5 Recovery Being Hoisted to Helicopter

GT-5 Recovery Being Hoisted to Helicopter

S65-46646 (29 Aug. 1965) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. is hoisted up to a Navy helicopter during recovery operations in the Atlantic Ocean of the Gemini-5 spacecraft. The NASA Headquarter alternative photo... More

GT-5 Recovery Being hoisted to helicopter

GT-5 Recovery Being hoisted to helicopter

S65-51654 (29 Aug. 1965) --- Long range view of astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. being hoisted up to a Navy helicopter during recovery operations in the Atlantic Ocean of the Gemini-5 spacecraft.

Gemini 4 Recovery with Green Marker Dye

Gemini 4 Recovery with Green Marker Dye

Overhead view of the Gemini 4 spacecraft showing the yellow flotation collar used to stabilize the spacecraft in choppy seas. The green marker dye is highly visible from the air and is used as a locating aid. A... More

ASTRONAUT CERNAN, EUGENE A. - RECOVERY (GT-9A)(S/C IN WATER W/HATCHES OPEN)

ASTRONAUT CERNAN, EUGENE A. - RECOVERY (GT-9A)(S/C IN WATER W/HATCHES ...

S66-34110 (6 June 1966) --- Astronauts Thomas Stafford (right) and Eugene Cernan wave to those aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp as the recovery ship approaches. U.S. Navy frogmen assist in the recovery oper... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - RECOVERY - HOISTED ABOARD - ATLANTIC

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - RECOVERY - HOISTED ABOARD - ATLANTIC

S66-42790 (21 July 1966) --- The Gemini-10 spacecraft, with flotation collar still attached, is prepared for hoisting aboard the prime recovery ship, USS Guadalcanal. Navy frogmen assist in the recovery operati... More

U.S.S. Bennington during recovery operations for Apollo 4

U.S.S. Bennington during recovery operations for Apollo 4

U.S.S. Bennington comes alongside the floating Apollo spacecraft 017 Command Module during recovery operations in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The Command Module splashed down at 3:37 p.m., November 9, 1967, 934 naut... More

Navy frogmen attach flotation collar to Apollo 7 command module

Navy frogmen attach flotation collar to Apollo 7 command module

U.S. Navy frogmen attach a flotation collar to the Apollo 7 command module during recovery operations in the Atlantic. The Apollo 7 spacecraft splashed down at 7:11 a.m., October 22, 1968, approximately 200 nau... More

Member of Apollo 7 crew hoisted to helicopter during recovery operations

Member of Apollo 7 crew hoisted to helicopter during recovery operatio...

S68-49661 (22 Oct. 1968) --- A member of the Apollo 7 crew is hoisted up to a recovery helicopter from the USS Essex during recovery operations. The Apollo 7 spacecraft splashed down at 7:11 a.m., Oct. 22, 1968... More

Astronaut Walter Schirra egresses spacecraft during recovery operations

Astronaut Walter Schirra egresses spacecraft during recovery operation...

Astronaut Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Apollo 7 commander, egresses the spacecraft during recovery operations in the Atlantic. He is assisted by a member of the U.S. Navy frogman team. The Apollo 7 spacecraft splash... More

U.S. Navy frogmen participate in Apollo 8 recovery

U.S. Navy frogmen participate in Apollo 8 recovery

S69-15732 (27 Dec. 1968) --- A U.S. Navy frogman team participates in the Apollo 8 recovery operations. The Apollo crew, astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell Jr., and William A. Anders, were recovered by he... More

Apollo 10 Helicopter Recovery. NASA public domain image colelction.

Apollo 10 Helicopter Recovery. NASA public domain image colelction.

(May 26, 1969) A Navy helicopter arrivies to recover the Apollo 10 astronauts, seen entering a life raft, as the Command Module "Charlie Brown" floats in the South Pacific. U.S. Navy underwater demolition team ... More

Photo - Apollo/Saturn (A/S)-11 w/Flotation Collar Secured - Ship's Hoist

Photo - Apollo/Saturn (A/S)-11 w/Flotation Collar Secured - Ship's Hoi...

S69-20086 (13 March 1969) --- The Apollo 9 Command Module (CM), with flotation collar still attached, is hoisted aboard the prime recovery ship, USS Guadalcanal, during recovery operations. The Apollo 9 crew, a... More

Apollo 9 spacecraft floats in Atlantic recovery area after splashdown

Apollo 9 spacecraft floats in Atlantic recovery area after splashdown

S69-27925 (13 March 1969) --- The Apollo 9 spacecraft, with astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart aboard, floats in the Atlantic immediately after splashdown. Moments later th... More

Recovery - Apollo 9, NASA Apollo program

Recovery - Apollo 9, NASA Apollo program

S69-27746 (13 March 1969) --- The Apollo 9 crew awaits the arrival of a recovery helicopter from the USS Guadalcanal, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 9 10-day Earth-orbital space mission. Astronaut James A. ... More

Apollo 9 crewman in rescue net being hoisted up to helicopter

Apollo 9 crewman in rescue net being hoisted up to helicopter

Aerial view of an Apollo 9 crewman in a new rescue net (a Billy Pugh net) being hoisted aboard a Navy helicopter after splashdown in the Atlantic recovery area and a successful ten-day, earth-orbital space miss... More

Recovery- Apollo 9, NASA Apollo program

Recovery- Apollo 9, NASA Apollo program

S69-27469 (13 March 1969) --- U.S. Navy helicopter crewmembers assist the Apollo 9 astronauts during recovery operations just after splashdown. Astronaut James A. McDivitt, mission commander, is in the Billy Pu... More

Recovery- Apollo 9, NASA Apollo program

Recovery- Apollo 9, NASA Apollo program

S69-27468 (13 March 1969) --- U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmers assist the Apollo 9 crew during recovery operations just after splashdown. They have already attached a flotation collar to the Comman... More

APOLLO 10 RECOVERY, NASA Apollo program

APOLLO 10 RECOVERY, NASA Apollo program

S69-20638 (26 May 1969) --- Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, lunar module pilot, egresses the Apollo 10 spacecraft during recovery operations in the South Pacific. U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmers assis... More

Apollo 10 crewmember is pickup by recovery helicopter

Apollo 10 crewmember is pickup by recovery helicopter

S69-20621 (26 May 1969) --- A member of the Apollo 10 crew is hoisted into a helicopter from the prime recovery ship, USS Princeton, during recovery operations in the South Pacific. Astronauts Thomas P. Staffor... More

Navy Helicopter - Arrival - Recovery - Apollo X Astronauts - South Pacific Ocean

Navy Helicopter - Arrival - Recovery - Apollo X Astronauts - South Pac...

S69-21036 (26 May 1969) --- A Navy helicopter arrives to recover the Apollo 10 astronauts, seen entering a life raft, as their spacecraft floats in the South Pacific immediately after touchdown. U.S. Navy under... More

Recovery - Apollo 10, NASA Apollo program

Recovery - Apollo 10, NASA Apollo program

S69-36592 (26 May 1969) --- The Apollo 10 spacecraft, with astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, John W. Young, and Eugene A. Cernan still inside, floats in the South Pacific immediately after splashdown. U.S. Navy un... More

Astronauts Stafford and Young await pickup by recovery helicopter

Astronauts Stafford and Young await pickup by recovery helicopter

S69-36595 (26 May 1969) --- Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, Apollo 10 commander; and John W. Young, command module pilot, await pickup by the recovery helicopter from the prime recovery ship, USS Princeton. Astr... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon (center), is saluted by the honor guard of flight deck crewmen when he arrives aboard the U.S.S. Hornet, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 11 mission, to watch recovery ope... More

Inflight - Apollo XI (Mission Control Center [MCC]) - MSC

Inflight - Apollo XI (Mission Control Center [MCC]) - MSC

S69-44022 (7-24-69) --- On hand in Houston's mission control center to witness activity associated with the landing and recovery operations for the Apollo 11 mission were, from the left, Bob Kline, chief of the... More

Apollo 12 crew assisted with egressing command module after landing

Apollo 12 crew assisted with egressing command module after landing

S69-22271 (24 Nov. 1969) --- A United States Navy Underwater Demolition Team swimmer assists the Apollo 12 crew during recovery operations in the Pacific Ocean. In the life raft are astronauts Charles Conrad Jr... More

U.S.S. Hornet moves toward the Apollo 12 Command Module to retrieve it

U.S.S. Hornet moves toward the Apollo 12 Command Module to retrieve it

U.S.S. Hornet, prime recovery vessel for the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, moves toward the Apollo 12 Command Module to retrieve the spacecraft. A helicopter from the recovery ship, which took part in the re... More

Apollo 13 Recovery Area, NASA Apollo program

Apollo 13 Recovery Area, NASA Apollo program

(April 17, 1970) Astronaut John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, is lifted aboard a helicopter in a Billy Pugh helicopter rescue net while astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., commander, awaits his turn. Astrona... More

Apollo 13 Astronauts on the U.S.S. Iwo Jima

Apollo 13 Astronauts on the U.S.S. Iwo Jima

(April 17, 1970) The crew of the Apollo 13 mission step aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the mission, following splashdown and recovery operations in the South Pacific. Exiting the helicopter... More

Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown

Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown

S70-35651 (17 April 1970) --- Astronaut John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, is lifted aboard a helicopter in a "Billy Pugh" net while astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., commander, awaits his turn. Astronaut ... More

Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown

Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown

S70-35625 (17 April 1970) --- Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot, is hoisted in a "Billy Pugh" net into a Navy helicopter, while United States Navy underwater demolition team swimmers assist in the... More

RECOVERY - APOLLO XIII (SPACECRAFT [S/C]) - MSC

RECOVERY - APOLLO XIII (SPACECRAFT [S/C]) - MSC

S70-35472 (17 April 1970) --- Overall view of the crowded Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center (MCC) at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) during post-recovery ceremonies aboard ... More

Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown

Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown

S70-35610 (17 April 1970) --- A water level view of the Apollo 13 recovery operations in the South Pacific Ocean. The three astronauts as seen egressing their spacecraft. John L. Swigert Jr. (back to camera), c... More

Apollo 13 crew arrive on prime recovery ship U.S.S. Iwo Jima

Apollo 13 crew arrive on prime recovery ship U.S.S. Iwo Jima

S70-35614 (17 April 1970) --- The crewmembers of the Apollo 13 mission, step aboard the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the mission, following splashdown and recovery operations in the South Pacific Ocean... More

Apollo 14 astronauts assisted out of Command Module by Navy divers

Apollo 14 astronauts assisted out of Command Module by Navy divers

S71-19475 (9 Feb. 1971) --- The Apollo 14 crewmembers sit in a life raft beside their Command Module (CM) in the South Pacific Ocean as they await a U.S. Navy helicopter, which will take them aboard the USS New... More

Apollo 14 astronauts assisted out of Command Module by Navy divers

Apollo 14 astronauts assisted out of Command Module by Navy divers

S71-19474 (9 Feb. 1971) --- Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, is assisted out of the Command Module (CM) by a U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmer during the Apollo 14 recovery operations... More

Astronaut Stuart Roosa hoisted inside recovery net to Navy helicopter

Astronaut Stuart Roosa hoisted inside recovery net to Navy helicopter

S71-19476 (9 Feb. 1971) --- Astronaut Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot, is hoisted inside a Billy Pugh net to a U.S. Navy helicopter assisting in Apollo 14 recovery operations in the South Pacific Ocean. V... More

Apollo 16 Command Module during recovery operations after splashdown

Apollo 16 Command Module during recovery operations after splashdown

S72-36602 (27 April 1972) --- The Apollo 16 Command Module bobbles photographed in the waters of the central Pacific Ocean during recovery operations. The prime recovery ship, USS Ticonderoga, is in the backgro... More

SKYLAB (SL)-2 - RECOVERY OPERATIONS - PACIFIC OCEAN

SKYLAB (SL)-2 - RECOVERY OPERATIONS - PACIFIC OCEAN

S73-29147 (22 June 1973) --- The Skylab 2 Command Module, with astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz still inside, floats in the Pacific Ocean following successful splashdown about 8... More

SKYLAB II - RECOVERY OPERATIONS - ATLANTIC

SKYLAB II - RECOVERY OPERATIONS - ATLANTIC

S73-29141 (22 June 1973) --- The three Skylab 2 crewmen arrive on the deck of the prime recovery ship, USS Ticonderoga, following the successful splashdown of the Skylab 2 Command Module about 835 miles southwe... More

SKYLAB (SL)-2 - RECOVERY OPERATIONS - RECOVERY SHIP - PACIFIC

SKYLAB (SL)-2 - RECOVERY OPERATIONS - RECOVERY SHIP - PACIFIC

S73-29138 (22 June 1973) --- The Skylab 2 Command Module, with astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz still inside, is hoisted aboard the prime recovery ship, USS Ticonderoga, followi... More

Skylab 3 Command Module is hoisted aboard prime recovery ship

Skylab 3 Command Module is hoisted aboard prime recovery ship

S73-36423 (25 Sept. 1973) --- The Skylab 3 Command Module, with astronauts Alan L. Bean, Owen K. Garriott and Jack R. Lousma still inside, is hoisted aboard the prime recovery ship, USS New Orleans, during reco... More

ASTRONAUT LOUSMA, JACK - EGRESS - SKYLAB 3 COMMAND MODULE - PACIFIC

ASTRONAUT LOUSMA, JACK - EGRESS - SKYLAB 3 COMMAND MODULE - PACIFIC

S73-36435 (25 Sept. 1973) --- Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Skylab 3 pilot, egresses the Skylab 3 Command Module aboard the prime recovery ship, USS New Orleans, during recovery operations in the Pacific Ocean. Ast... More

Mission Control Center (MCC) View - Skylab (SL)-3 Recovery - JSC

Mission Control Center (MCC) View - Skylab (SL)-3 Recovery - JSC

S73-34553 (25 Sept. 1973) --- Skylab flight directors (foreground) and flight controllers (background) view the large screen in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center (MCC) at ... More

Ohio National Guard Airmen on state active duty assist

Ohio National Guard Airmen on state active duty assist

Ohio National Guard Airmen on state active duty assist in the cleanup efforts in Xenia, Ohio after an April 3, 1974, tornado. The F-5 storm that destroyed or damaged thousands of homes, businesses and schools w... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, center, talks to Milt Heflin on the USS Anchorage on the first day of Orion Underway Recovery Test 3. Heflin was a former space shuttle flight director and Mission Operations executive with experience as a recovery engineer for several Apollo, Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project missions. At left is Brandi Dean, NASA Public Affairs Office. The ship will head out to sea, off the coast of San Diego, in search of conditions to support test needs for a full dress rehearsal of recovery operations. NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel will conduct tests in the Pacific Ocean to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, hardware and personnel in open waters.    The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket and in 2018 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2014-3946

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, center, talks t...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, center, talks to Milt Heflin on the USS Anchorage on the first day of Orion Underway Recovery Test 3. Heflin was a former space shuttle flight director and... More

Apollo Command Module Splashdown, Soviet Space Program

Apollo Command Module Splashdown, Soviet Space Program

(July 24, 1975) The ASTP Apollo Command Module, with astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, Vance D. Brand and Donald K. Slayton still inside, awaits pickup by the prime recovery ship, the USS New Orleans, following sp... More

ASTP Apollo Command Module awaits pickup by prime recovery ship

ASTP Apollo Command Module awaits pickup by prime recovery ship

S75-29717 (24 July 1975) --- The ASTP Apollo Command Module, with astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, Vance D. Brand and Donald K. Slayton still inside, awaits pickup by the prime recovery ship, the USS New Orleans,... More

HFCA 1607_NPS Employees, Search And Rescue_128_U.jpg

HFCA 1607_NPS Employees, Search And Rescue_128_U.jpg

NPS Employees cleaning up missile debris during recovery operations east of Lake Lucero in White Sands National Monument.

Members of the 86th Engineer Detachment stand near an M-578 armored recovery vehicle as lines are attached to a partially submerged armored personnel carrier (APC) (not visible) during recovery operations. The APC sank while crossing the Cowhouse River during the joint services Operation Gallant Crew `77

Members of the 86th Engineer Detachment stand near an M-578 armored re...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT CREW '77 Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Barry... More

A Star Mini Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) hits a net during recovery operations. The RPV was in flight for 13 minutes

A Star Mini Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) hits a net during recovery ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nptr, El Centro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Dick Combs Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A crew uses a wrecker truck to lift an AGM-109 Tomahawk air-launched cruise missile during recovery operations after impact

A crew uses a wrecker truck to lift an AGM-109 Tomahawk air-launched c...

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A ground crew uses a tracked wrecker to lift an AGM-109 Tomahawk air-launched cruise missile during recovery operations after impact

A ground crew uses a tracked wrecker to lift an AGM-109 Tomahawk air-l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dugway Proving Grounds State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A right side view of a CH-53 Super Jolly helicopter airlifting an AGM-109 Tomahawk air-launched cruise missile during recovery operations after impact

A right side view of a CH-53 Super Jolly helicopter airlifting an AGM-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dugway Proving Grounds State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A helicopter pilot mans the controls during a flight to photograph launch and recovery operations aboard the Kitty Hawk class aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64)

A helicopter pilot mans the controls during a flight to photograph lau...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dave Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An aerial starboard view of the amidships section of the Kitty Hawk class aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64) during aircraft launch and recovery operations. Blast deflector panels are raised on the flight deck

An aerial starboard view of the amidships section of the Kitty Hawk cl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dave Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A portrait of a flight deck crewman participating in aircraft launching and recovery operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

A portrait of a flight deck crewman participating in aircraft launchin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dave Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

A portrait of member of the flight deck crew participating in aircraft launch and recovery operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

A portrait of member of the flight deck crew participating in aircraft...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dave Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An elevated view of the forward section of the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) during aircraft launch and recovery operations. Parked behind the raised blast deflector panels are three A-7E Corsair II aircraft and an S-3 Viking aircraft. On the starboard side of the flight deck are four A-6E Intruder aircraft, an S-3 and an A-7E

An elevated view of the forward section of the flight deck of the nucl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dave Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

A flight deck photographer records activities taking place during aircraft launch and recovery operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

A flight deck photographer records activities taking place during airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dave Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

A portrait of a flight deck photographer participating in aircraft launch and recovery operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

A portrait of a flight deck photographer participating in aircraft lau...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dave Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

An A-7E Corsair II aircraft is prepared for a flight during aircraft launch and recovery operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

An A-7E Corsair II aircraft is prepared for a flight during aircraft l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dave Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

An F-14 Tomcat aircraft rests on the flight deck after making an arrested landing during launch and recovery operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

An F-14 Tomcat aircraft rests on the flight deck after making an arres...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dave Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

A portrait of member of the flight deck crew participating in aircraft launch and recovery operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

A portrait of member of the flight deck crew participating in aircraft...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dave Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A portrait of a squadron plane inspector participating in aircraft launch and recovery operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

A portrait of a squadron plane inspector participating in aircraft lau...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dave Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

An F-14 Tomcat aircraft, with arresting hook down, makes a pass over the flight deck during launch and recovery operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

An F-14 Tomcat aircraft, with arresting hook down, makes a pass over t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A portrait of a squadron plane inspector participating in aircraft launch and recovery operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

A portrait of a squadron plane inspector participating in aircraft lau...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dave Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

Plane directors signal instructions to the pilot of an A-7E Corsair II aircraft during launch and recovery operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

Plane directors signal instructions to the pilot of an A-7E Corsair II...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dave Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

A portrait of a flight deck photographer participating in aircraft launch and recovery operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

A portrait of a flight deck photographer participating in aircraft lau...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dave Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

Pararescuemen from Detachment 11, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, suit up in their diving gear to participate in an inland water ditching exercise for the space shuttle Columbia. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the space shuttle

Pararescuemen from Detachment 11, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Magel Release Status: Released to P... More

A pararescueman from Detachment 11, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, is helped into his diving gear to participate in a space shuttle inland water ditching exercise. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the space shuttle Columbia

A pararescueman from Detachment 11, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Magel Release Status: Released to P... More

Two pararescuemen from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron wear fire-protection gear as they prepare to enter the mockup Columbia during an off-runway mishap exercise. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the real Columbia

Two pararescuemen from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Magel Release Status: Released to P... More

Pararescuemen from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron carry an astronaut mannequin on a stretcher to a rescue exercise. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the space shuttle Columbia

Pararescuemen from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron car...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Magel Release Status: Released to P... More

Pararescuemen from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron participate in a space shuttle rescue exercise with the mockup Columbia. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the real Columbia

Pararescuemen from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron par...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Magel Release Status: Released to P... More

Pararescuemen from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron use decontamination equipment to spray down an astronaut mannequin during a space shuttle rescue exercise. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the space shuttle Columbia

Pararescuemen from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron use...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Magel Release Status: Released to P... More

Pararescuemen from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron prepare to rescue an astronaut mannequin inside the mockup Columbia during a space shuttle rescue exercise. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the real Columbia

Pararescuemen from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron pre...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Magel Release Status: Released to P... More

A left front view of an HH-3 Jolly Green Giant rescue helicopter from Detachment 15, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, as it makes its final approach to the mockup Columbia, where pararescuemen have already been dropped during a space shuttle rescue exercise. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the real Columbia

A left front view of an HH-3 Jolly Green Giant rescue helicopter from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Magel Release Status: Released to ... More

Pararescuemen from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron deploy rafts during a space shuttle rescue exercise with the mockup Columbia. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the real Columbia

Pararescuemen from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron dep...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Magel Release Status: Released to P... More

Two pararescuemen remove an astronaut mannequin from the XM-1 astronaut recovery tank and place it on a stretcher during a space shuttle rescue exercise. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the space shuttle Columbia

Two pararescuemen remove an astronaut mannequin from the XM-1 astronau...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Magel Release Status: Released to P... More

Two pararescuemen from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron transport an astronaut mannequin (in blue) after rescuing it from the mockup Columbia during a space shuttle rescue exercise. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the real Columbia

Two pararescuemen from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Magel Release Status: Released to P... More

A right side view of an HH-3 Jolly Green Giant rescue helicopter from Detachment 15, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, as it makes its final approach to the mockup Columbia, where pararescuemen have already been dropped during a space shuttle rescue exercise. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the real Columbia

A right side view of an HH-3 Jolly Green Giant rescue helicopter from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Magel Release Status: Released to ... More

A right side view of an HH-3 Jolly Green Giant rescue helicopter as it hovers above the ocean during a space shuttle rescue and recovery exercise. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the space shuttle Columbia

A right side view of an HH-3 Jolly Green Giant rescue helicopter as it...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Magel Release Status: Released to ... More

An aerial view of pararescuemen recovering a drowned astronaut in the ocean during a space shuttle rescue and recovery exercise. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the space shuttle Columbia

An aerial view of pararescuemen recovering a drowned astronaut in the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Magel Release Status: Released to P... More

Two pararescuemen from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron wear fire-protection gear as they try to enter the mockup Columbia during an off-runway mishap exercise. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the space shuttle Columbia

Two pararescuemen from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Magel Release Status: Released to P... More

Pararescuemen from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron carry an astronaut mannequin during a space shuttle rescue exercise. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the space shuttle Columbia

Pararescuemen from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron car...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Magel Release Status: Released to P... More

An aircraft crane is used to hoist an Attack Squadron 66 (VA-66) A-7E Corsair II during recovery operations. The aircraft suffered moderate damage to its undercarriage and structural damage to its main airframe when it made a crash landing

An aircraft crane is used to hoist an Attack Squadron 66 (VA-66) A-7E ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Cecil Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Alexander Release Status: ... More

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