The Navy and Space Exploration
Selected Mission Reports
APOLLO
APOLLO 8
Recovery Post-Mission Report
USS Yorktown (CVS-10) - January 5, 1969
NAVHISTHERITAGECOM Archives, Operational Archives section, Post-1946 Command Reports collectionAPOLLO 8
Ship’s SUMREP of the Apollo 8 recovery
USS Arlington (AGMR-2) - December 30, 1968
NAVHISTHERITAGECOM Archives, Operational Archives section, Post-1946 Command Reports collection
GEMINI
GEMINI 2
Press Release: “Gemini Recovery Large Operation”
Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla Four - January 22, 1965
NAVHISTHERITAGECOM Archives, Ships History section,
Decommissioned (Prior to 1 January 2001) collectionGEMINI 5
Report of TF 130 Participation in Gemini 5 Mission
Task Force 130 - June 28, 1965
NAVHISTHERITAGECOM Archives, Operational Archives section, Command Reports collectionMERCURY
MERCURCY - Redstone 3USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39) Aviation Historical Summary,
1 April 1961 – 30 September 1961
USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39) -October 19, 1961
NAVHISTHERITAGECOM Archives, Ships History section, Decommissioned (Prior to 1 January 2001) collectionMERCURY MA-8
Report of Project Mercury MA-8 Recovery Operation
1 August to 17 October 1962
USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) - November 19, 1962 NAVHISTHERITAGECOM Archives, Operational Archives section, Post-1946 Command Reports collection



