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Apollo 8 Rescue Net

This is the Billy Pugh rescue net used on the Apollo 8 flight.

The same type of net was used on other Apollo missions. NASA photos 70-HC-482 and KSC-70PC-256 show the net in use during Apollo 13.

 
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