NASA Photo ID: S70-35606           File Name: 10075529.jpg
Film Type: 35mm BW                 Date Taken: 04/17/70
Title: Apollo 13 crew arrive on prime recovery ship U.S.S. Iwo Jima
Description:
Rear Admiral Donald C. Davis, Commanding Officer of Task Force 130, the 
Pacific Recovery Forces for the Manned Spacecraft Missions, welcomes  the
Apollo 13 crew aboard the  prime recovery ship U.S.S. Iwo Jima following 
splashdown and recovery operations in the South Pacific. The crewmen (from 
left) Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot; John L. Swigert
Jr.,  command module pilot; and James A. Lovell Jr., commander, were
transported by  helicopter to the ship following a smooth splashdown only
about four miles  from the Iwo Jima. The Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down
at 12:07:44 p.m.,  April 17, 1970.             

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