Splashdown NASA, the Navy, and Space Flight Recovery

Name: Splashdown NASA, the Navy, and Space Flight Recovery
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ISBN: 9781596527591

ISBN-10: 1596527595

ISBN-13: 9781596527591

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Authors: Don Blair

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List price: $19.99
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Publication date: 7/28/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 319
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.90" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Introduction:


Primarily about Primary Recovery Ships


Where did it all begin?


A Worldwide Recovery Operation


DOD Description of the Entire Recovery Forces Effort


Ships Used in the Space Program


The Helicopters


"M" is for Mercury andï¿½ for MARINES! Flying Tigers!


And then there were Frogmen!


From Simulated Spacecraft Recovery to the Real Thing


A Conversation with the Captain


Events that did not make the evening news:


They've Got a Girl in Their Room!!!


The Red Carpet Treatment (GT-11)


The Equator Beckons (Apollo-11)


The Gremlin of Apollo 15


The Prime Recovery Ships and All the Manned Missions:


USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39)


The Flight of Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7)


USS Randolph (CVS-15)


The Flight of Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7)


USS Noa (DD-841)


The Flight of Mercury-Atlas 6 (Friendship 7)


USS Intrepid (CVS-11)


USS John R. Pierce (DD-753)


The Flight of Aurora 7 (Mercury-Atlas 7)


USS Kearsarge (CVS-33)


The Flight of Sigma 7 (Mercury-Atlas 8)


The Flight of Faith 7 (Mercury-Atlas 9)


Geminiï¿½ The Bridge Between Mercury and Apollo


The Flight of Gemini 3


USS Wasp (CVS-18)


The Flight of Gemini 4


USS DuPont (DD-941)


The Flight of Gemini 5


The Flights of Gemini 6 and 7


USS Leonard F. Mason (DD-852)


The Flight of Gemini 8


USS Boxer (CVS-21 and LPH-4)


The Flight of Gemini 9


USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7)


The Flight of Gemini 10


USS Guam (LPH-9)


The Flight of Gemini 11


The Flight of Gemini 12


Gemini Summary


USS Essex (CVS-9)


The Flight of Apollo 7


USS Yorktown (CVS-10)


The Flight of Apollo 8


The Flight of Apollo 9


USS Princeton (LPH-5)


The Flight of Apollo 10


USS Hornet (CVS-12)


The Flight of Apollo 11


The Flight of Apollo 12


USS lwo Jima (LPH-2)


The Flight of Apollo 13


USS New Orleans (LPH-11)


The Flight of Apollo 14


USS Okinawa (LPH-3)


The Flight of Apollo 15


USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14)


The Flight of Apollo 16


The Flight of Apollo 17


Apollo Summary at a Glance


Introduction to the Skylab Program


The Flight of Skylab II


The Flight of Skylab III


The Flight of Skylab IV


The Flight of Apollo-Soyuz (ASTP)


In Closing


Acknowledgments


Index