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heng44
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posted 06-12-2010 03:09 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

A unique underwater view of recovery operations after Wally Schirra's MA-8 flight in October 1962. Visible are the flotation collar, the legs of a frogman and the deployed landing bag.

Ed Hengeveld

Lasv3
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posted 06-12-2010 03:28 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lasv3   Click Here to Email Lasv3     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Really fantastic shot! These underwater photos are extremely rare, I remember I saw only one other view like this, I think it was from the Gemini 10 recovery operations.

Thanks for posting this!

gliderpilotuk
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posted 06-12-2010 04:23 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for gliderpilotuk   Click Here to Email gliderpilotuk     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
From outer space to inner space!

history in miniature
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posted 06-12-2010 06:00 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for history in miniature   Click Here to Email history in miniature     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That's unique, from a modelers perspective.

ejectr
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posted 06-12-2010 08:28 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ejectr   Click Here to Email ejectr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Ah...those were the days!

dfox
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posted 06-12-2010 09:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dfox   Click Here to Email dfox     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This makes it vividly clear what they were worried about in terms of heat shield detachment (vis-a-vis John Glenn).

ejectr
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posted 06-13-2010 07:14 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ejectr   Click Here to Email ejectr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I wonder how much the landing bag actually cushioned the landing. Especially if there was a sideways track of the spacecraft due to wind.

jasonelam
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posted 06-14-2010 09:25 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jasonelam   Click Here to Email jasonelam     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What an amazing picture! Many times you dont get to see the different views of a spacecraft after spashdown, like photos of Apollo spashdowns that landed in "Stable II". Thanks for sharing!

Apollo Redux
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posted 06-14-2010 01:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Apollo Redux   Click Here to Email Apollo Redux     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Wow - an outstanding pic. I never would have thought about a picture like this, being taken.

tegwilym
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posted 06-14-2010 02:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for tegwilym   Click Here to Email tegwilym     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Wow! Another photo that I haven't seen before, and I've seen a lot of them. Very different angle on spaceflight that's for sure.

Thanks for these weekly photos, they are great.

Tom

Henry Heatherbank
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posted 06-15-2010 04:57 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Henry Heatherbank     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Just wondering, did any recovery frogmen take a similar underwater picture of an Apollo spacecraft while in Stable 2 condition? Or did they stand off until the airbags had righted the spacecarft to Stable 1? (Wouldn't have thought you should be near an Apollo CM as it is righting itself in a choppy sea).

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