NASA Photo ID: S71-41999           File Name: 10075766.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 08/07/71
Title: Apollo 15 command module nears touchdown in mid-Pacific Ocean to end mission
Description:
The Apollo 15 Command Module, with Astronauts David R. Scott, Alfred M. 
Worden and James B. Irwin aboard, nears a safe touchdown in the mid-Pacific 
Ocean to end lunar landing mission. Although causing no harm to the
crewmen,  one of the three main parachutes failed to function properly. The
splashdown  occurred at 3:45:53 p.m., August 7, 1971, some 330 miles north
of Honolulu,  Hawaii.                
Subject terms:
APOLLO 15 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
COMMAND MODULES                         
PACIFIC OCEAN                           
PARACHUTES                              
WATER LANDING                           

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