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Apollo 10 Helicopter Recover …

Title	Apollo 10 Helicopter Recovery
Full Description	A Navy helicopter arrivies to recover the Apollo 10 astronauts, seen entering a life raft, as the Command Module "Charlie Brown" floats in the South Pacific. U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmers assist in the recovery operations. Splashdown occurred at 11:53 a.m., May 26, 1969, about 400 miles east of American Samoa. Note that in this photo the divers have attached a flotation collar to the spacecraft.
Date	05/26/1969
NASA Center	Johnson Space Center

Apollo 17 Pacific Recovery A …

Title	Apollo 17 Pacific Recovery Area
Full Description	The Apollo 17 spacecraft, containing astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, and Harrison H. Schmitt, glided to a safe splashdown at 2:25 pm EST on December 19, 1972, 648 kilometers (350 nautical miles) southeast of American Samoa. They were flown by recovery helicopter to the U.S.S. Ticonderoga slightly less than an hour after the completion of NASA's sixth and last manned lunar landing in the Apollo program.
Date	12/19/1972
NASA Center	Johnson Space Center

Apollo 10 crewmember is pick …

Title	Apollo 10 crewmember is pickup by recovery helicopter
Description	A member of the Apollo 10 crew is hoisted up to a helicopter from the prime recovery ship, U.S.S. Pinceton. Splashdown occurred at 11:53 a.m., May 26, 1969, about 400 miles east of American Samoa.
Date Taken	1969-05-26

Navy helicopter arrives to r …

Title	Navy helicopter arrives to recover Apollo 10 astronauts
Description	A Navy helicopter arrivies to recover the Apollo 10 astronauts, seen entering a life raft, as their spacecraft floats in the South Pacific immediately after touchdown. U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmers assist in the recovery operations. Splashdown occurred at 11:53 a.m., May 26, 1969, about 400 miles east of American Samoa. Note that in this photo the divers have attached a flotation collar to the spacecraft.
Date Taken	1969-05-26

Apollo 10 crewmember is pick …

Title	Apollo 10 crewmember is pickup by recovery helicopter
Description	A member of the Apollo 10 crew is hoisted up to a helicopter from the prime recovery ship, U.S.S. Pinceton. Splashdown occurred at 11:53 a.m., May 26, 1969, about 400 miles east of American Samoa.
Date Taken	1969-05-26

Astronaut Alan Bean assisted …

Title	Astronaut Alan Bean assisted with egressing command module after landing
Description	Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, is assisted with egressing the Apollo 12 Command Module by a U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmer during recovery operations in the Pacific Ocean. Already in the life raft are Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., commander, and Richard F. Gordon Jr., command module pilot. The Apollo 12 splashdown occured at 2:58 p.m., November 24, 1969 near American Samoa.
Date Taken	1969-11-24

Apollo 12 Command Module nea …

Title	Apollo 12 Command Module nears splashdown in the Pacific Ocean
Description	The Apollo 12 Command Module, with Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gordon Jr., and Alan L. Bean aboard, nears splashdown in the Pacific Ocean to conclude the second lunar landing mission. The Apollo 12 splashdown occurred at 2:58 p.m., November 24, 1969, near American Samoa.
Date Taken	1969-11-24

Navy swimmer assists Apollo …

Title	Navy swimmer assists Apollo 12 crew during recovery operations
Description	A U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmer assists the Apollo 12 crew during recovery operations in the Pacific. In the life raft are Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (facing camera), commander, Richard F. Gordon Jr., (in the middle), command module pilot, and Alan L. Bean (nearest camera), lunar module pilot. The Apollo 12 splashdown occured at 2:58 p.m., November 24, 1969 near American Samoa.
Date Taken	1969-11-24

Astronauts Stafford and Youn …

Title	Astronauts Stafford and Young await pickup by recovery helicopter
Description	Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, commander, and John W. Young, command module pilot, await pickup by the recovery helicopter from the prime recovery ship, U.S.S. Pinceton. Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, lunar module pilot, is already hoisted aboard the helicopter. U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmers assist in the recovery operations. Splashdown occurred at 11:53 a.m., May 26, 1969, about 400 miles east of American Samoa.
Date Taken	1969-05-26

Apollo 10 spacecraft with Na …

Title	Apollo 10 spacecraft with Navy swimmers floating in recovery area
Description	The Apollo 10 spacecraft, with Astronauts Stafford, Young, and Cernan still inside, floats in the South Pacific immediately after touchdown. U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmers assist in the recovery operations. Splashdown occurred at 11:53 a.m., May 26, 1969, about 400 miles east of American Samoa. Note that in this photo the divers have attached a flotation collar to the spacecraft.
Date Taken	1969-05-26

Apollo 10 spacecraft approac …

Title	Apollo 10 spacecraft approaches touchdown in South Pacific recovery area
Description	The Apollo 10 spacecraft approaches touchdown in the South Pacific recovery area to conclude an eight-day lunar orbit mission. Splashdown occurred at 11:53 a.m., May 26, 1969, about 400 miles east of American Samoa. Note that in this photo the capsules parachutes are fully deployed.
Date Taken	1969-05-26

Apollo 14 Command Module app …

Title	Apollo 14 Command Module approaches touchdown in South Pacific Ocean
Description	The Apollo 14 Command Module, with Astronauts Alan B. Shepard JR., Stuart A. Roosa, and Edgar D. Mitchell aboard, approaches touchdown in the South Pacific Ocean to end a ten-day lunar landing mission. The splashdown occured at 3:04:39 p.m., February 9, 1971, approximately 765 nautical miles south of American Samoa.
Date Taken	1971-02-09

Apollo 14 Command Module app …

Title	Apollo 14 Command Module approaches touchdown in South Pacific Ocean
Description	The Apollo 14 Command Module splashes down and two of its three main parachutes can be seen collapsing, as the ten-day lunar landing mission comes to an end. The splashdown occured at 3:04:39 p.m., February 9, 1971, approximately 765 nautical miles south of American Samoa.
Date Taken	1971-02-09

Apollo 17 command module in …

Title	Apollo 17 command module in South Pacific Ocean before recovery operations
Description	A water-level view of the Apollo 17 command module floating in the Pacific following splashdown and prior to recovery. The prime recovery ship, U.S.S. Ticonderoga, is in the background. A U.S. Navy UDT swimmer stands on the flotation collar. Apollo 17 splashdown occured at 1:24:59 p.m., December 19, 1972, about 350 nautical miles southeast of Samoa.
Date Taken	1972-12-19

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