NASA Photo ID: S70-35632           File Name: 10075536.jpg
Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 04/17/70
Title: Apollo 13 Command Module recovery after splashdown
Description:
Crewmen aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 
mission, hoist the Command Module aboard ship. The Apollo 13 crewmen were 
already aboard the Iwo Jima when this photograph was taken. The Apollo 13 
spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970 in the South 
Pacific Ocean.                 
Subject terms:
APOLLO 13                               
APOLLO PROJECT                          
APOLLO SPACECRAFT                       
COMMAND MODULES                         
CRANES                                  
NAVY                                    
PERSONNEL                               
SHIPS                                   
SPACECRAFT RECOVERY                     
WATER LANDING                           

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