NASA Photo ID: S72-36602           File Name: 10075883.jpg
Film Type: 120mm                   Date Taken: 04/27/72
Title: Apollo 16 Command Module during recovery operations after splashdown
Description:
The Apollo 16 Command Module is photographed in the waters of the central 
Pacific Ocean during recovery operations. The prime recovery ship, U.S.S. 
Ticonderoga, is in the background. A recovery helicopter hovers overhead.
The  splashdown occurred at 1:45:06 p.m., Thursday, April 27, 1972, at
coordinates  of 00:45.2 degrees south latitude and 156:11.4 degrees west
longitude, a  point approximagely 215 miles southeast of Christmas Island.
A team of Navy  divers assisted with the recovery operations.                

Subject terms:
APOLLO 16 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
APOLLO SPACECRAFT                       
COMMAND MODULES                         
HELICOPTERS                             
NAVY                                    
PACIFIC OCEAN                           
PARACHUTES                              
RECOVERY                                
SHIPS                                   
SPACECRAFT RECOVERY                     
WATER LANDING                           

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