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Apollo 15 command module near splashdown

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-apo15-40001

Image Size 300 DPI: 23 * 29 cm

The Apollo 15 Command Module, with Astronauts David R. Scott, Alfred M. Worden and James B. Irwin aboard, nears a safe touchdown in the mid-Pacific Ocean to end their lunar landing mission. Although causing no harm to the crewmen, one of the three main parachutes failed to function properly. The splashdown occurred at 3:45:53 p.m., August 7, 1971, some 330 miles north of Honolulu, Hawaii. The three astronauts were picked up by helicopter and flown to the prime recovery ship USS Okinawa, which was only 6 1/2 miles away.

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1971 - APOLLO - APOLLO 15 - COMMAND MODULE - CSM - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - PACIFIC OCEAN - PARACHUTE - POSTFLIGHT - SPACESHIP - SPLASHDOWN -