All of the Apollo missions ended with splashdown in the ocean and recovery by specially trained teams from the U.S. Navy. Astronauts were lifted into hovering Navy helicopters by means of rescue nets attached to electric powered hoists.
This rescue net, used to recover the Apollo 7, was taken out of service following the rescue. The U.S. Navy transferred it to the Smithsonian in 1969.
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
United States of America
EQUIPMENT-Survival
Billy Pugh Company Inc.
3-D: 129.5 × 135.9 × 27.9cm (51 × 53 1/2 × 11 in.)
Storage (Aluminum pallet andf frame with fabric dust cover): 153 × 153 × 163.8cm, 53.5kg (60 1/4 × 60 1/4 × 64 1/2 in., 118lb.)
Aluminum, Foam, Nylon, Steel, Stainless Steel
A19700320000
Transferred by the U.S. Department of the Navy in cooperation with the Billy Pugh Company, Inc., Corpus Christi, Texas.
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