Air Force pararescueman Lt. Clancy Hatleberg closes the Apollo 11 spacecraft hatch as astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, Jr., await helicopter pickup from their life raft. The command module moved from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. July 1 for refurbishment was used by pararescuemen to train for both the Apollo and Skylab programs. The 920th Rescue Wing provides emergency medical, rescue and recovery support for all space shuttle and rocket launches. The unit will assume an even-more prominent role in NASA's next manned-spaceflight venture, the Constellation program, scheduled for initial launch in 2014. Wing pararescuemen and aircraft will be responsible for tracking and retrieving astronauts from space capsules that will parachute into the ocean upon return from space, as was the case with manned spaceflight until the onset of the space shuttle program. (photo/NASA)
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