NASA Photo ID: S69-22271 File Name: 10075429.jpg
Film Type: 35mm Date Taken: 11/24/69
Title: Navy swimmer assists Apollo 12 crew during recovery operations
Description:
A U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmer assists the Apollo 12 crew
during recovery operations in the Pacific. In the life raft are Astronauts
Charles Conrad Jr. (facing camera), commander; Richard F. Gordon Jr., (in
the middle), command module pilot; and Alan L. Bean (nearest camera),
lunar module pilot. The Apollo 12 splashdown occured at 2:58 p.m., November
24, 1969 near American Samoa.
Subject terms:
APOLLO 12 FLIGHT
APOLLO PROJECT
ASTRONAUTS
COMMAND MODULES
DIVERS
EGRESS
HELICOPTERS
LIFE RAFTS
NAVY
RECOVERY
WATER LANDING
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