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<h2 id="image-gallery">Image gallery</h2> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Airborne_aircraft_carrier/NaUoXEXR">Airborne aircraft carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Fulton_surface-to-air_recovery_system/uwtYG3kc">Fulton surface-to-air recovery system</a>, sometimes nicknamed "Skyhook"</li> <li><a href="/facts/Glider_snatch_pick-up/CJClaAIG">Glider snatch pick-up</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Kelly, John W. (23 June 2016). "Mid-Air Retrieval of Heavy, Earth-Returning Space Systems" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 26 September 2018. <a href="https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20160007968.pdf" target="_blank">https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20160007968.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Mulcahy, Robert D. "CORONA Star Catchers" (PDF). National Reconnaissance Office. pp. 205–206. Retrieved 20 July 2018. <a href="http://www.nro.gov/history/csnr/corona/StarCatchersWeb.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nro.gov/history/csnr/corona/StarCatchersWeb.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"[1.0] Mi-8 Variants". www.airvectors.net. <a href="http://www.airvectors.net/avmil8_1.html#m3" target="_blank">http://www.airvectors.net/avmil8_1.html#m3</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"[1.0] Sikorsky Archives 2021" (PDF). sikorskyarchives.com. <a href="https://sikorskyarchives.com/wp-content/uploads/archives-newsletters/NEWS-2021-01.pdf" target="_blank">https://sikorskyarchives.com/wp-content/uploads/archives-newsletters/NEWS-2021-01.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Catch A Falling Star, April 9th, 2020, By Dr. Kevin Wright, key.aero <a href="https://www.key.aero/article/catch-falling-star/" target="_blank">https://www.key.aero/article/catch-falling-star/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>ULA unveils its future with the Vulcan rocket family, April 13, 2015, By Justin Ray, spaceflightnow.com <a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/04/13/ula-unveils-its-future-with-the-vulcan-rocket-family/" target="_blank">http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/04/13/ula-unveils-its-future-with-the-vulcan-rocket-family/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Military Seeks Flying Aircraft Carriers to Launch Drones, By Elizabeth Howell, December 9, 2014, livescience.com <a href="http://www.livescience.com/49057-military-flying-aircraft-carriers-drones.html" target="_blank">http://www.livescience.com/49057-military-flying-aircraft-carriers-drones.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Dynetics X-61A Gremlins makes first flight, but destroyed after parachute fails". <a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/military-uavs/dynetics-x-61a-gremlins-makes-first-flight-but-destroyed-after-parachute-fails/136220.article" target="_blank">https://www.flightglobal.com/military-uavs/dynetics-x-61a-gremlins-makes-first-flight-but-destroyed-after-parachute-fails/136220.article</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Rocket Lab Announces Reusability Plans For Electron Rocket". Rocket Lab. Retrieved 2019-08-16. <a href="https://www.rocketlabusa.com/news/updates/rocket-lab-announces-reusability-plans-for-electron-rocket/" target="_blank">https://www.rocketlabusa.com/news/updates/rocket-lab-announces-reusability-plans-for-electron-rocket/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>