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Northrop Ventura Division press release caption:
"APOLLO LANDING -- Three main steps in Apollo Spacecraft 009's earth landing are shown in these pictures taken with a telescopic camera at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico. Dual drogue parachutes (upper left) deploy at high altitude (about 25,000 feet) to stabilize the Command Module after re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. At lower left, three small white pilot parachutes deploy three main 83.5-foot Ringsail parachutes in reefed condition. Largest photo shows three main parachutes fully open for final landing at approximately 25 feet per second. (Note: Two-point suspension permits Command Module to make water landing in knife-edge attitude rather than heat-shield down, thus easing the force of landing impact.) The Apollo earth landing system is produced by the Ventura Division of Northrop Corporation.”
NORTHROP VENTURA DIVISION
1515 Rancho Conejo Blvd.
Newbury Park, California
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Northrop Ventura Division press release caption:
"APOLLO LANDING -- Three main steps in Apollo Spacecraft 009's earth landing are shown in these pictures taken with a telescopic camera at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico. Dual drogue parachutes (upper left) deploy at high altitude (about 25,000 feet) to stabilize the Command Module after re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. At lower left, three small white pilot parachutes deploy three main 83.5-foot Ringsail parachutes in reefed condition. Largest photo shows three main parachutes fully open for final landing at approximately 25 feet per second. (Note: Two-point suspension permits Command Module to make water landing in knife-edge attitude rather than heat-shield down, thus easing the force of landing impact.) The Apollo earth landing system is produced by the Ventura Division of Northrop Corporation.”
NORTHROP VENTURA DIVISION
1515 Rancho Conejo Blvd.
Newbury Park, California