Apollo 9 Dave Scott Hoisted Onboard #2 Item No 108-KSC-69P-161
Apollo 9 Dave Scott Hoisted Onboard #2 Item No 108-KSC-69P-161
Acquired from Apollo Mission Control (Jerome Bascom-Pipp)
Date acquired 8th March 2023
Collection number TSM 168
Apollo 9 CM Pilot David Scott is being hoisted up in a new rescue net (a Billy Pugh net) to the Navy helicopter after splashdown in the Atlantic recovery area after a successful ten-day earth-orbital space mission.
Splashdown occurred in the Atlantic Ocean at 12:00:53 p.m., 13 March 1969 less than five miles from the prime recovery ship, USS Guadalcanal and 780 nautical miles southeast of Cape Kennedy.