Three U.S. Air Force pararescue men, A/2C Glenn M. Moore, A/1C Eldridge M. Neal, and S/Sgt Larry D. Huyett helped save the space program. Gemini 8 launched March 16, 1966, six hours later the problems started, 27 minutes after docking with the target vehicle "Agena", they began spinning out of control due to a stuck thruster, Neil Armstrong activated the Reentry Control System and they splashed down off target, and 600 miles off the coast of Okinawa where an Air Force rescue team parachuted in with a flotation collar to attach to the capsule to prevent it from sinking, and save the astronauts. americaspace.com/2014/03/16/tum…
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