Parachutes dropped from a plane a mile offshore from Hampton Bays on Nov. 20, as members of the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing and 103rd Rescue Squadron practiced a NASA recovery mission.  Credit: Randee Daddona, Lt. Col. Sean Boughal

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