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LRD Org Chart dated November 30, 1970 MSC Announcement 72-32 dated March 6, 1972 abolishing LRD JSC Home JSC History Collection at UHCL
Mercury Auxiliary Flotation Collar Test Proves Successful – Provides Additional Recovery Aid , article in MSC Space News Roundup, January 10, 1962, pages 2-3Project Mercury Summary , NASA SP-45 (Chapter 16-Recovery Operations)On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions Apollo By The Numbers: A Statistical Reference (SP-4029) Suddenly Tomorrow Came… A History of the Johnson Space Center Apollo Mission Reports NASA History Series Publications JSC History: 1958-1978 (Houston History Magazine , Fall 2008 issue) JSC Roundup U.S. Human Spaceflight History NASA Human Spaceflight Gallery Gemini Recovery Photos Apollo Recovery Photos Mobile Quarantine Facility Photos A Field Guide to American Spacecraft USS Hornet (Apollo 11 & 12 PRS) Museum
USS Yorktown (CVS 10) Apollo 8 Recovery Cruise Book 1968-69 USS Hornet (CVS 12) Apollo 11 Recovery Cruise Book 1969 Navy Photographer Milt Putnam’s account of Apollo 11 recovery Recovery artwork in NASM Collection Online Art Exhibit “From Space to Sea: The Navy’s Role in Manned Space Flight” Apollo CM Recovery Selected Operations and Equipment Milt Heflin Interview on 20th Anniversary of STS-61 Hubble Sevicing Mission Orion EFT-1 Recovery Photos & Video – from USS Anchorage (LPD 23)Milt Heflin Retirement – JSC Features articleApollo 11 Landing Video – Syncs LM/MCC film/video footage to comm loopsApollo 11 Landing video – Syncs LM/MCC console film/video footage to commGo, Flight!: The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965-1992 Apollo Assignments – Flight Control and Recovery (partial)Apollo Recovery Assignments – Compilation by Dick Snyder (includes Skylab and ASTP)Gemini Recovery Deployment List – Compilation by Dick SnyderGemini and Apollo Recovery Assignments By Name – Compilation by Dick SnyderAFOA Apollo Recovery Panel video (fast-forward to 8:30 for the beginning of the recovery discussion) on July 20, 2017 at SCH. Panelists included Denny Holt, John Stonesifer, Milt Heflin, Mel Richmond, Terry WatsonMQF-001 delivered to MSC : 50 years ago on March 6 in 1968Apollo Recovery Operational Procedures Manual : MSC-01856, Revision C dated June 21, 1971UDT’s and the Space Flight Programs – from website of National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, FloridaApollo 7 Prime Crew egress training in the Gulf of Mexico on August 5, 1968 (Facebook post by Stephen Isherwood, Apollo Spacecaft History Group)Apollo 8 Backup Crew egress training in the Gulf of Mexico on October 26, 1968
