NASA Photo ID: S71-19476           File Name: 10075647.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 02/09/71
Title: Astronaut Stuart Roosa hoisted inside recovery net to Navy helicopter
Description:
Astronaut Stuart A. Roosa, Apollo 14 Command Module pilot, is hoisted
inside  a Billy Pugh net to a Navy helicopter assisting in Apollo 14
recovery  operations in the South Pacific Ocean. Visible in a life raft
beside the  Command Module are Astronauts Alan B. Shepard JR., commander,
back to camera;  and Edgar D. Mitchell (partially obscured by the
spacecraft), lunar module  pilot. Three Navy underwater demolition team
swimmers who assisted in the  recover operations are pictured in and around
the life raft.               
Subject terms:
APOLLO 14                               
APOLLO PROJECT                          
ASTRONAUTS                              
COMMAND MODULES                         
HELICOPTERS                             
LIFE RAFTS                              
NAVY                                    
NETS                                    
RECOVERY                                
WATER LANDING                           

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