Rescue Net, Apollo 7
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Billy Pugh Company Inc.
- Summary
- 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.
- Credit Line
- Transferred by the U.S. Department of the Navy in cooperation with the Billy Pugh Company, Inc. , Corpus Christi, Texas.
- Inventory Number
- A19700320000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Survival
- Materials
- Aluminum, Foam, Nylon, Steel, Stainless Steel
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19700320000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv90dfcff3c-8513-4efd-a51d-59276ed03e3a
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