a06 (AS-502)_v_bw_o_n (S-68-27086)
“APOLLO 6 RECOVERY----Recovery personnel from the USS Okinawa participate in the recovery of the Apollo Spacecraft 020 Command Module. A U.S. Navy frogman team attaches a flotation collar to the Command Module. The USS Okinawa was the prime recovery ship for the Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) unmanned space mission.”
The photograph is left-to-right reversed.
THIS is NOT the “rocket science” part! Dumbasses.
Also applicable, I assume from the caption of another Apollo 6 recovery photo:
“A U. S. Navy frogman team prepares the Apollo Spacecraft 020 Command Module (CM) for hoisting aboard the USS Okinawa. The USS Okinawa was the prime recovery ship for the Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) unmanned space mission. Splashdown occurred at 4:58:45 p.m. (EST), April 4, 1968, at 375 nautical miles north of Honolulu, Hawaii. Objectives were to demonstrate trans-lunar injection capability of the Saturn V with a simulated payload equal to about 80% of a full Apollo spacecraft, and to repeat demonstration of the Command Module's (CM) heat shield capability to withstand a lunar re-entry. The flight plan called for following trans-lunar injection with a direct return abort using the Command/Service Module's (CSM) main engine, with a total flight time of about 10 hours.”
a06 (AS-502)_v_bw_o_n (S-68-27086)
“APOLLO 6 RECOVERY----Recovery personnel from the USS Okinawa participate in the recovery of the Apollo Spacecraft 020 Command Module. A U.S. Navy frogman team attaches a flotation collar to the Command Module. The USS Okinawa was the prime recovery ship for the Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) unmanned space mission.”
The photograph is left-to-right reversed.
THIS is NOT the “rocket science” part! Dumbasses.
Also applicable, I assume from the caption of another Apollo 6 recovery photo:
“A U. S. Navy frogman team prepares the Apollo Spacecraft 020 Command Module (CM) for hoisting aboard the USS Okinawa. The USS Okinawa was the prime recovery ship for the Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) unmanned space mission. Splashdown occurred at 4:58:45 p.m. (EST), April 4, 1968, at 375 nautical miles north of Honolulu, Hawaii. Objectives were to demonstrate trans-lunar injection capability of the Saturn V with a simulated payload equal to about 80% of a full Apollo spacecraft, and to repeat demonstration of the Command Module's (CM) heat shield capability to withstand a lunar re-entry. The flight plan called for following trans-lunar injection with a direct return abort using the Command/Service Module's (CSM) main engine, with a total flight time of about 10 hours.”