Same as standard transporter pod, with red vertical stripes, used in rescue operations. Usually it is Eagle 4.
Note other rescue Eagles also appeared with other pods: The Exiles (Eagle 4, standard pod); The Metamorph and All That Glisters (Eagle 4, booster pod). The publicity shots of the rescue Eagle on the launch pad shot for Earthbound on 20th March 1974 became iconic images of the Eagle.
First appearance, in Earthbound.
Eagle 4 in Missing Link. The launch starts with this nice close up. The wider shot of the launch is lifted from Earthbound.
Rescue Eagle 4 in Collision Course. Note there are no stripes on the lower rim of the transporter pod.
Rescue Eagle 4 in Collision Course in space. This is the 22 inch Eagle, with stripes on the lower rim of the transporter pod.
Rescue Eagle 4 in Space Brain. The launch scene is lifted from Earthbound. This is the 22 inch Eagle. In the space walk scenes the pod is a normal transporter pod, with no stripes.
The first of just two appearances in Year Two, in The Metamorph. The pod is visible right.
The second appearance in Year Two, in Space Warp. It is top right, and will be hidden by flames in a second.
On the far left side, the rescue pod can be seen in this shot from Guardian Of Piri. (This isn't a complete 44inch Eagle- it's only the pod, one rear leg, the rear engines and a spine, the missing bits carefully obscured by set dressing and the edge of the frame. The rest of the Eagle is on the right).
This Eagle in Alpha Child has a repainted rescue pod- the stripes are still clearly visible. This is also seen in the Guardian Of Piri shot (the small Eagle lifting off).
The repainted rescue pod is also seen in Another Time, Another Place. There are lighter grey stripes where the red stripes were- the areas between appear darker.
Copyright Martin Willey