a10_v_bw_o_n (unnumbered, S-69-36594 near eq, auto)
As dawn breaks, Apollo 10 gently floats down into the Pacific Ocean, 395 miles east of Pago Pago. The pinpoint landing was so accurate that the blinking tracking lights on the spacecraft were visible from the USS Princeton during the descent.
Signed by USN Cdr. C.B. Smiley, pilot of the Apollo 10 Astronaut/Prime(?) recovery helicopter, good old number 66...from which this photo may very well have been taken.
In comparison with multiple online Apollo 10 capsule descent photographs, the image may be reversed.
A thoroughly enjoyable interview here:
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/conversationswithapollo/episod...
Sadly, Cdr. Smiley is no longer with us.
a10_v_bw_o_n (unnumbered, S-69-36594 near eq, auto)
As dawn breaks, Apollo 10 gently floats down into the Pacific Ocean, 395 miles east of Pago Pago. The pinpoint landing was so accurate that the blinking tracking lights on the spacecraft were visible from the USS Princeton during the descent.
Signed by USN Cdr. C.B. Smiley, pilot of the Apollo 10 Astronaut/Prime(?) recovery helicopter, good old number 66...from which this photo may very well have been taken.
In comparison with multiple online Apollo 10 capsule descent photographs, the image may be reversed.
A thoroughly enjoyable interview here:
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/conversationswithapollo/episod...
Sadly, Cdr. Smiley is no longer with us.