Apollo 9 Dave Scott Hoisted Onboard Recovery helicopter. Item No 69-H-461

 Apollo 9 Dave Scott Hoisted Onboard Item No 69-H-461

Acquired from Apollo Mission Control (Jerome Bascom-Pipp)

Date  acquired 8th March 2023

Collection number TSM 167

13 March 1969

Helicopter view of Apollo 9 CM Pilot David Scott 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.