NASA Photo ID: S69-36595           File Name: 10075170.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 05/26/69
Title: Astronauts Stafford and Young await pickup by recovery helicopter
Description:
Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, commander; and John W. Young, command module 
pilot, await pickup by the recovery helicopter from the prime recovery
ship,  U.S.S. Pinceton. Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, lunar module pilot, is
already  hoisted aboard the helicopter. 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.                 

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

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