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Apollo 13 command module near splashdown

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-apo13-40000

Image Size 300 DPI: 48 * 36 cm

The Apollo 13 spacecraft heads toward a splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean. The Apollo 13 Command Module splashed down in the South Pacific at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970. Note the capsule and its parachutes just visible against a gap in the dark clouds.

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1970 - APOLLO - APOLLO 13 - COMMAND MODULE - CSM - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - PARACHUTE - POSTFLIGHT - SPACESHIP - SPLASHDOWN -