NASA Photo ID: S69-21036           File Name: 10075169.jpg
Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 05/26/69
Title: Navy helicopter arrives to recover Apollo 10 astronauts
Description:
A Navy helicopter arrivies to recover the Apollo 10 astronauts, seen 
entering a life raft, as their spacecraft floats in the South Pacific 
immediately after touchdown. U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmers 
assist in the recovery operations. Splashdown occurred at 11:53 a.m., May
26,  1969, about 400 miles east of American Samoa. Note that in this photo
the  divers have attached a flotation collar to the spacecraft.                

Subject terms:
APOLLO 10                               
APOLLO PROJECT                          
APOLLO SPACECRAFT                       
ASTRONAUTS                              
COMMAND MODULES                         
DIVERS                                  
HELICOPTERS                             
NAVY                                    
PACIFIC OCEAN                           
PARACHUTES                              
RECOVERY                                
WATER LANDING                           

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