NASA Photo ID: S69-20092           File Name: 10075076.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 03/13/69
  Title: Apollo 9 crewman in rescue net being hoisted up to helicopter
  Description:
  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 mission. Navy 
  divers have already attached a flotation collar to the command module and
  are  assisting with recovery operations.                 
  
  Subject terms:
  AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY                      
  APOLLO 9                                
  APOLLO PROJECT                          
  APOLLO SPACECRAFT                       
  ASTRONAUTS                              
  ATLANTIC OCEAN                          
  COMMAND MODULES                         
  DIVERS                                  
  HELICOPTERS                             
  NETS                                    
  TOUCHDOWN                               
  WATER LANDING                           
  

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