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Apollo 15 Command Module Splashdown

The Apollo 15 Command Module (CM) containing astronauts David R. Scott, commander; Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot; and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, safely touches down in the mid-Pacific Ocean to conclude a highly successful lunar landing mission. Although causing no harm to the crew men, one of the three main parachutes failed to function properly. The splashdown occurred at 3:45:53 p.m. (CDT), Aug. 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, 6 1/2 miles away.

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Title: Apollo 15 Command Module Splashdown

Caption: The Apollo 15 Command Module (CM) containing astronauts David R. Scott, commander; Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot; and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, safely touches down in the mid-Pacific Ocean to conclude a highly successful lunar landing mission. Although causing no harm to the crew men, one of the three main parachutes failed to function properly. The splashdown occurred at 3:45:53 p.m. (CDT), Aug. 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, 6 1/2 miles away.

Category: Astronomy & Space • History: United States

Credit: Album / NASA/Science Source

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Image size: 4250 × 3300 px | 40.1 MB

Print size: 36.0 × 27.9 cm | 1673.2 × 1299.2 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 1971 • APOLLO 15 • APOLLO FIFTEEN • APOLLO • ASTRONOMIA • ASTRONOMY & SPACE • ASTRONOMY • CAPSULE • COMMAND MODULE • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY: UNITED STATES • MANNED MISSION • MISSION • NASA • OCEAN, PACIFIC • OUTERSPACE • PACIFIC OCEAN • PARACHUTE • RECOVERY OPERATION • RECOVERY • REENTRY • RESCUE • RETURN • SPACE (COSMOS) • SPACE EXPLORATION • SPACE PROGRAM • SPACE • SPATIAL • SPLASH • SPLASHDOWN • U.S. HISTORY • UNITED STATES HISTORY • US HISTORY