Splashdown! : NASA and the Navy
Print Book, English, ©2004
Turner Pub., Nashville, Tenn., ©2004
200 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), 1 color map ; 24 x 31 cm
9781563119859, 1563119854
56563004
Introduction: Primarily about primary recovery ships
Where did it all begin?
A worldwide recovery operation
DOD description of the entire recovery forces effort
Ships used in the space program
The helicopters
"M" is for Mercury and
for Marines! Flying Tigers!
And then there were Frogmen!
From simulated spacecraft recovery to the real thing
A conversation with the captain
Events that did not make the evening news: They've got a girl in their room!!!
The red carpet treatment (GT-11)
The equator beckons (Apollo-11)
The gremlin of Apollo-15
The prime recovery ships and all the manned missions: USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39)
The flight of Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7)
USS Randolph (CVS-15)
The flight of Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7)
USS Noa (DD-841)
The flight of Mercury-Atlas 6 (Friendship 7)
USS Intrepid (CVS-11)
USS John R. Pierce (DD-753)
The flight of Aurora 7 (Mercury-Atlas 7)
USS Kearsarge (CVS-33)
The flight of Sigma 7 (Mercury-Atlas 8)
The flight of Faith 7 (Mercury-Atlas 9)
Gemini
the bridge between Mercury and Apollo
The flight of Gemini 3
USS Wasp (CVS-18)
The flight of Gemini 4
USS DuPont (DD-941)
The flight of Gemini 5
The flights of Gemini 6 and 7
USS Leonard F. Mason (DD-852)
The flight of Gemini 8
USS Boxer (CVS-21 and LPH-4)
The flight of Gemini 9
USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7)
The flight of Gemini 10
USS Guam (LPH-9)
The flight of Gemini 11
The flight of Gemini 12
Gemini summary
USS Essex (CVS-9)
The flight of Apollo 7
USS Yorktown (CVS-10)
The flight of Apollo 8
The flight of Apollo 9
USS Princeton (LPH-5)
The flight of Apollo 10
USS Hornet (CVS-12)
The flight of Apollo 11
The flight of Apollo 12
USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2)
The flight of Apollo 13
USS New Orleans (LPH-11)
The flight of Apollo 14
USS Okinawa (LPH-3)
The flight of Apollo 15
USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14)
The flight of Apollo 16
The flight of Apollo 17
Apollo summary at a glance
Introduction to the Skylab Program
The flight of Skylab II
The flight of Skylab III
The flight of Skylab IV
The flight of Apollo-Soyuz (ASTP)
In closing
Includes index