First 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 in 1969. The command module moved from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. 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.

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First 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 in 1969. The command module moved from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. 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.

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