The Apollo Spacecraft 009 command module as a frogman team prepares it to be hoisted aboard the aircraft carrier USS Boxer. This AS-201 recovery operation was following the successful unmanned sub orbital Apollo/Saturn 1B Mission 201 test flight. An instrumented Apollo Command/Service modules and a spacecraft LEM adapter was launched from KSC by a Saturn 1B to check spacecraft and launch vehicle mechanical compatibility, and also to test the spacecraft heat shield in a high-velocity re-entry mod