NASA Photo ID: S73-29138           File Name: 10076171.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 06/22/73
Title: Skylab 2 Command Module is hoisted aboard prime recovery ship
Description:
The Skylab 2 Command Module, with Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Joseph P. 
Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz still inside, is hoisted aboard the prime recovery 
ship, U.S.S. Ticonderoga, following successful splashdown in the Pacific 
Ocean about 835 miles southwest of San Diego, California. Note the inflated 
bags and the flotation collar on the spacecraft.                 

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

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