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100 _aMilstein, Michael,
245 0 _aSplashdown.
_cMichael Milstein.
260 _bAir & Space,
_c2005.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
_nArticle 44,
_pScience,
_x1522-3264;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
500 _aOriginally Published: Splashdown, Feb./March 2005; pp. 28-33.
520 _a"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.
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aAstronauts
650 _aSpace flight
_xGemini missions
650 _aSpace flight
_xMercury missions
650 _aSpace flight to the moon
_xApollo Project
650 _aSpace vehicles
_xRecovery
610 _aU.S.
_bNavy
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2006,
_pScience.
_x1522-3264;
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