Helping Hand

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Here’s Apollo 14 Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, Lunar Module (“LM”) pilot hopping out of the Command Module (“CM”), with help from a Navy underwater demolition team swimmer. Great reminder that leaving and returning from space requires the efforts of thousands of people. Plus, when you’re going from a Zero-G environment (and 1/6-G on the surface of the Moon) to Earth’s fully loaded Doc-Brown-heavy environment, it’s always nice to get a helping hand. (c. Feb 9, 1971, South Pacific Ocean). (Photo: NASA)