Sailors from the amphibious transport dock, USS Anchorage, and Navy Divers attach a line to the Orion Crew Module. Credit: U.S. Navy/Corey Green
Looking for a lift? spaceship recovery
While the Navy’s role in providing astronauts is one to be proud
of. They offer many other services
that NASA requires. Up until the
Space Shuttle, all returning U.S.
spacecraft landed in the ocean.
From the first Mercury capsule carrying Alan Shepard, through the last
Apollo flight, Apollo 17, with Navy
pilot Eugene Cernan in