Apollo 13 Recovery Area

Apollo 13 Recovery Area

Astronaut John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, is lifted aboard a helicopter in a Billy Pugh helicopter rescue net while astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., commander, awaits his turn. Astronaut Fred W. Haise, Jr., lunar module pilot, is already aboard the helicopter. In the life raft with Lovell, and in the water are several U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmers, who assisted in the recovery operations. The crew was taken to the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship, several minutes after the Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:01:44 pm CST on April 17, 1970..Photo by NASA via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

U.S. Space Operations Command chief

U.S. Space Operations Command chief

Lt. Gen. David Miller, Jr., commander of U.S. Space Operations Command, gives an interview in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2025.

U.S. Space Operations Command chief

U.S. Space Operations Command chief

Lt. Gen. David Miller, Jr., commander of U.S. Space Operations Command, gives an interview in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2025.

Armed Services Hearing - Washington

Armed Services Hearing - Washington

U.S. Space Command Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman at a House Armed Services Committee Hearing titled: “Examining Irregularity in the Strategic Basing Process for U.S. Space Command” in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, September 28, 2023. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Armed Services Hearing - Washington

Armed Services Hearing - Washington

U.S. Space Command Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman at a House Armed Services Committee Hearing titled: “Examining Irregularity in the Strategic Basing Process for U.S. Space Command” in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, September 28, 2023. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Armed Services Hearing - Washington

Armed Services Hearing - Washington

U.S. Space Command Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman at a House Armed Services Committee Hearing titled: “Examining Irregularity in the Strategic Basing Process for U.S. Space Command” in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, September 28, 2023. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM