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Apollo 16 Command Module just prior to splashdown

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-apo16-40001

Image Size 300 DPI: 20 * 20 cm

The Apollo 16 spacecraft touches down in the central Pacific Ocean at the end of its mission. Splashdown occured at 1:45:06 p.m., Thursday, April 27, 1972, at coordinates of 00:45.2 degrees south latitude and 156:11.4 degrees west longitude, a point approximately 215 miles southeast of Christmas Island. All its parachutes are fully deployed. 

Keywords for this photo:

1972 - APOLLO - APOLLO 16 - COMMAND MODULE - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - PACIFIC OCEAN - PARACHUTE - POSTFLIGHT - SPACESHIP - SPLASHDOWN -