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Topic: Skylab recovery footage (National Archives)
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LM-12
Member Posts: 3988
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 03-10-2023 09:37 PM
  
Here is some splashdown and recovery footage of the Skylab 2 and Skylab 3 missions from the National Archives. The Skylab 4 recovery footage has not been digitized yet. |
Dwight
Member Posts: 616
From: Germany
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted 03-13-2023 01:08 PM
All the footage used for splashdown in the film Searching for Skylab is that of SL-4. From undocking through to the crew seated on the special setup on the aircraft carrier, it is all from the SL-4 mission. |
ea757grrl
Member Posts: 816
From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 03-13-2023 08:39 PM
Not only is this footage fascinating stuff, but some searching through the online holdings uncovered some neat things I'd never seen before. Among the findings is Apollo 10 recovery footage showing the CM being hoisted aboard with the Tilly crane, and at one point you can see the "flower" bathtub applique that one of the swimmers applied to the hatch window (much to the displeasure of the NASA recovery team). Also, since the recovered Gemini 5 booster stage was recently discussed in another thread, there's a reel of Gemini 5 recovery footage that briefly shows the destroyer USS DuPont with the recovered stage on deck aft. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3988
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 03-13-2023 09:12 PM
One of the Skylab 2 recovery helicopters got a little too close and was struck by a drogue parachute reefing line.
The recovery helicopters entered the fall out pattern of the debris resulting from the command module entry before all debris had reached the ocean surface. A 3 meter section of drogue parachute reefing line impacted the main rotor blade of one of the helicopters and was found draped over a landing gear strut when the helicopter returned to the aircraft carrier. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3988
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 09-29-2024 01:11 PM
Bean, Garriot and Lousma got tossed around a bit in the eight-foot swells, as can be seen in this recovery photo.Recovery divers can be seen in the water, so I doubt the photo was taken when the command module went from Stable II to Stable I.  |
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