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Ref : S10386
Theme :
Spacecraft recovery - Splashdown (43 images)
Title : Members of the Pacific Recovery Task Force secure the ASTP Apollo spacecraft
Caption :
(07/24/1975) -- Members of the Pacific Recovery Task Force secure the ASTP Apollo spacecraft as the USS New Orleans approaches to pick up the spacecraft and astronauts Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand and Donald Slayton. The Apollo splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, west of Hawaii, at 5:18 p.m., ending the nine-day joint US/USSR space mission.
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