NASA Photo ID: S68-50969           File Name: 10075030.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 11/20/68
  Title: Apollo 9 prime crew participates in water egress training in Gulf of Mexico
  Description:
  The Apollo 9 prime crew participates in water egress training in the Gulf
  of  Mexico. Being hoisted up to the U.S. Coast Guard helicopter in a new
  type of  rescue net (called a Billy Pugh net) is Astronaut David R. Scott,
  command  module pilot. Sitting in the life raft awaiting their turn for
  helicopter pickup are Astronauts Russell L. Schweickart (on left), lunar
  module pilot;  and James A. McDivitt, commander. A team of Manned
  Spacecraft Center (MSC)  swimmers assisted in the training exercise.               
  
  Subject terms:
  APOLLO 9                                
  APOLLO PROJECT                          
  ASTRONAUT TRAINING                      
  ASTRONAUTS                              
  COMMAND MODULES                         
  CREWS                                   
  DIVERS                                  
  EGRESS                                  
  HELICOPTERS                             
  LIFE RAFTS                              
  MOCK-UP                                 
  NETS                                    
  WATER LANDING                           
  

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