An instructor shouts directions to Astronaut Sally Ride as a boat pulls her through the water during an Air Training Command sea survival school "Drop-and-Drag" Exercise. The boat will pull her until she can stabilize herself and release the parachute risers. The exercise is designed to simulate being dragged through the water by a parachute

A boat pulls Astronaut Sally Ride through the water during an Air Training Command sea survival school "Drop-and-Drag" Exercise. The boat will pull Ride until she can stabilize herself and release the parachute risers. The exercise is designed to simulate being dragged through the water by a parachute

Astronaut Sally Ride drops from a 15 foot high boat platform into Biscayne Bay during an Air Training Command "Drop-and-Drag" Exercise. The boat will pull Ride through the water until she can stabilize herself and release the parachute risers. The exercise is designed to simulate beig dragged through the water by a parachute

A student at the Deep Water Environment Survival Training school prepares to be towed from a barge by a speedboat, which will cause his parachute to lift him into the air

A student at the Deep Water Environment Survival Training school is towed from a barge by a speedboat which causes his parachute to lift him into the air

A student at the Deep Water Environment Survival Training school prepares to be towed from a barge by a speedboat, which causes his parachute to lift him into the air

An instructor shouts directions to Astronaut Sally Ride as a boat pulls her through the water during an Air Training Command sea survival school "Drop-and-Drag" Exercise. The boat will pull her until she can stabilize herself and release the parachute risers. The exercise is designed to simulate being dragged through the water by a parachute

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Homestead Air Force Base

State: Florida (FL)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Stephenson

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

01/08/1978

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Location

25.49546, -80.39475

Google Map of 25.495459, -80.39475100000001

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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Link

https://catalog.archives.gov/

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