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“RECOVERY AREA, SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
APOLLO 13 RECOVERY—- The Apollo 13 Command Module, with Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., John L. Swigert Jr., and Fred W. Haise Jr. aboard, approaches touch down in the South Pacific Ocean to conclude safely a perilous space flight. The three crewman were picked up by helicopter and flown to the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the mission. Splashdown occurred at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970, about four nautical miles from the Iwo Jima. Though the Apollo 13 moon landing was cancelled, a disastrous loss of three astronauts was averted.”
The most awaited & prayed-for sight of three fully deployed ringsail main parachutes in history: Apollo 13 Command Module Odyssey with Jim Lovell, Fred Haise & Jack Swigert aboard - alive and well.
a13_v_bw_o_n (70-H-658, 108-KSC-70P-189 eq, auto)
“RECOVERY AREA, SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
APOLLO 13 RECOVERY—- The Apollo 13 Command Module, with Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., John L. Swigert Jr., and Fred W. Haise Jr. aboard, approaches touch down in the South Pacific Ocean to conclude safely a perilous space flight. The three crewman were picked up by helicopter and flown to the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the mission. Splashdown occurred at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970, about four nautical miles from the Iwo Jima. Though the Apollo 13 moon landing was cancelled, a disastrous loss of three astronauts was averted.”
The most awaited & prayed-for sight of three fully deployed ringsail main parachutes in history: Apollo 13 Command Module Odyssey with Jim Lovell, Fred Haise & Jack Swigert aboard - alive and well.