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"The last mission in NASA's Apollo manned lunar landing program concluded at 2:25 p.m. EST today when the spacecraft carrying Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans and Harrison H. Schmitt safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, 648 kilometers (350 nautical miles) southeast of American Samoa. World-wide television audiences watched recovery highlights via the Pacific Intelsat IV satellite, launched from Cape Kennedy Jan. 22, 1972."

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Uploaded on May 4, 2018