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Apollo 6 (April 4, 1968), also known as AS-502, was the third and final uncrewed flight in the United States' Apollo Program and the second test of the Saturn V launch vehicle. It qualified the Saturn V for use on crewed missions, and it was used beginning with Apollo 8 in December 1968.
Helicopter 66 was a United States Navy Sikorsky Sea King helicopter used during the late 1960s for the water recovery of astronauts during five missions of the Apollo program. It has been called "one of the most famous, or at least most iconic, helicopters in history", [ 2 ] was the subject of a 1969 song by Manuela , and was made into a die ...
This category contains entries of ships used to recover space capsules and astronauts from various space programs. Pages in category "Space capsule recovery ships" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
The ship was sunk as a target in a COMSUBPAC ship sinking exercise on 6 June 2002, off the coast of Southern California, in 2,020 fathoms (3,700 m) at After being hit by several Maverick , Harpoon missiles , and general-purpose bombs, the ex- Okinawa was finally sunk by a Mk 48 torpedo fired by the USS Portsmouth .
Eight ships of the class were planned to replace the aging Safeguard-class rescue and salvage ships and Powhatan-class tugboats. They were ordered in 2017 and on 16 March 2018 Gulf Island Fabrication was chosen to construct them. On 26 March 2020, an additional two ships were ordered by the navy.
A “Wings of Fire” animated series based on the books of the same name is in development at Amazon MGM Studios, Variety has learned exclusively. Fans of the books by author Tui T. Sutherland ...
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At that time, some astronauts decide to be hoisted aboard a helicopter for a ride to the recovery ship and some decided to stay with the spacecraft and be lifted aboard ship via crane. All Gemini and Apollo flights (Apollos 7 to 17) used the former, while Mercury missions from Mercury 6 to Mercury 9, as well as all Skylab missions and Apollo ...