Splashdown. Michael Milstein.
by Milstein, Michael; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 44Science. Publisher: Air & Space, 2005ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Astronauts | Space flight -- Gemini missions | Space flight -- Mercury missions | Space flight to the moon -- Apollo Project | Space vehicles -- Recovery | U.S. NavyDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Whenever a NASA capsule and its crew hurtled home, the Navy-NASA team turned into a worldwide catcher's mitt to grab them. And the recoveries never failed. Whether astronauts came down short of fuel, off schedule, or off course, the recovery team tracked them down and pulled them out." (AIR & SPACE) This article examines the development of the astronaut recovery program and discusses the problems and complexities associated with recovering astronauts at the end of their flights.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Splashdown, Feb./March 2005; pp. 28-33.
"Whenever a NASA capsule and its crew hurtled home, the Navy-NASA team turned into a worldwide catcher's mitt to grab them. And the recoveries never failed. Whether astronauts came down short of fuel, off schedule, or off course, the recovery team tracked them down and pulled them out." (AIR & SPACE) This article examines the development of the astronaut recovery program and discusses the problems and complexities associated with recovering astronauts at the end of their flights.
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