NASA Photo ID: S70-35625           File Name: 10075525.jpg
Film Type: 35mm BW                 Date Taken: 04/17/70
Title: Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown
Description:
The Apollo 13 spacecraft floats in the South Pacific following splash down
at  12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970. Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar
module  pilot, rides the "Billy Pugh" net up to a rescue helicopter while
Astronauts  James A. Lovell Jr., commander, and John L. Swigert Jr.,
command module  pilot, wait in the life raft. Two U.S. Navy Underwater
Demolition Team  swimmers can be seen in the water while a third waits in
the raft with the  astronauts.               
Subject terms:
APOLLO 13                               
APOLLO PROJECT                          
APOLLO SPACECRAFT                       
ASTRONAUTS                              
COMMAND MODULES                         
DIVERS                                  
EGRESS                                  
LIFE RAFTS                              
NAVY                                    
NETS                                    
PACIFIC OCEAN                           
RECOVERY                                
RESCUE OPERATIONS                       
WATER LANDING                           

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