a13_v_c_o_AKP (S-70-15523)
A water-level view of recovery operations for the Apollo 13 mission in the South Pacific Ocean. The three crewmen have egressed their spacecraft, and are awaiting the arrival of the approaching helicopter, seen deploying the "Billy Pugh" net, which will hoist them up once stationed above their position. The crewmembers (from the left) are astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot; John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot; (only partially visible between Haise and the Command Module (CM)), and James A. Lovell Jr., commander. The U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Team (UDT) swimmer (Lieutenant Jonathan Smart) will assist the Astronaut's into the net. Apollo 13 splashdown occurred at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970, in the South Pacific, about four miles from the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship.
a13_v_c_o_AKP (S-70-15523)
A water-level view of recovery operations for the Apollo 13 mission in the South Pacific Ocean. The three crewmen have egressed their spacecraft, and are awaiting the arrival of the approaching helicopter, seen deploying the "Billy Pugh" net, which will hoist them up once stationed above their position. The crewmembers (from the left) are astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot; John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot; (only partially visible between Haise and the Command Module (CM)), and James A. Lovell Jr., commander. The U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Team (UDT) swimmer (Lieutenant Jonathan Smart) will assist the Astronaut's into the net. Apollo 13 splashdown occurred at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970, in the South Pacific, about four miles from the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship.