NASA Photo ID: S70-35651           File Name: 10075526.jpg
Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 04/17/70
Title: Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown
Description:
Astronaut John L. Swigert Jr., Apollo 13 command module pilot, is lifted 
aboard a helicopter in a "Billy Pugh" net while Astronaut James A. Lovell 
Jr., commander, awaits his turn. Astronaut Fred Haise Jr., lunar module 
pilot, is already aboard the helicopter. In the life raft with Lovell and
in  the water are several U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Team Swimmers who 
assisted in the recovery operations. The Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down 
at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970.                

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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