NASA Photo ID: S73-29147           File Name: 10076170.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 06/22/73
Title: Skylab 2 Command Module floats in Pacific Ocean following splashdown
Description:
The Skylab 2 Command Module, with Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Joseph P. 
Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz still inside, floats in the Pacific Ocean
following  successful splashdown about 835 miles southwest of San Diego,
California. The  prime recovery ship, U.S.S. Ticonderoga, approaches from
the left background.  A recovery helicopter hovers in the foreground.                 

Subject terms:
COMMAND MODULES                         
HELICOPTERS                             
NAVY                                    
PACIFIC OCEAN                           
RECOVERY                                
SHIPS                                   
SKYLAB 2                                
SKYLAB PROGRAM                          
SPACECRAFT RECOVERY                     
WATER LANDING                           

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