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Apollo 10 Crew Recovery

Edited NASA image of the crew of Apollo 10 being recovered by the United States Navy in 1969.

 

Original caption: A Navy helicopter arrives to recover the Apollo 10 astronauts, seen entering a life raft, as the Command Module "Charlie Brown" floats in the South Pacific. U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmers assist in the recovery operations. Splashdown occurred at 11:53 a.m., May 26, 1969, about 400 miles east of American Samoa. Note that in this photo the divers have attached a flotation collar to the spacecraft.

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Uploaded on October 4, 2014
Taken on May 26, 1969