History: A C-119J Flying Boxcar makes the world's first midair recovery of a capsule returning from orbit as it "snags" the parachute lowering the Discoverer XIV satellite at 8,000 feet altitude, 360 miles southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii. Aug. 19, 1960. [3000 x 2324]

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