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posted 10-19-2014 06:29 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Apollo-Soyuz   Click Here to Email Apollo-Soyuz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Space Cover of the Week, Week 287, October 19, 2014

Space Cover 287: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project anniversary

This week's covers commemorate the recovery of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) command module and crew on July 24, 1975 by helicopters from the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron-6.

At least four helicopters and their backups were assigned to the recovery. The four helicopters had the task to recover the parachutes, photo document the recovery, deploy divers to secure the command module and relay communications to the prime recovery ship.

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John Macco
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posted 10-19-2014 08:22 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ross   Click Here to Email Ross     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Great covers John. First time I've seen the second backup helicopter cover. Rather than four flown helicopters, there were five. The fifth was Swim 1.

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