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Apollo 16 Recovery, 1972. Creator: NASA.

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Apollo 16 Recovery, 1972. The Apollo 16 command module, with astronauts John W. Young, Thomas K. Mattingly II and Charles M. Duke Jr. aboard, nears splashdown in the central Pacific Ocean to successfully conclude a lunar landing mission. This overhead picture was taken from a recovery aircraft seconds before the spacecraft hit the water. The splashdown occurred at 290:37:06 ground elapsed time at 1:45:06 a.m. (CST), April 27, 1972, at coordinates of 00:43.2 degrees south latitude and 156:11.4 degrees west longitude, a point approximately 215 miles southeast of Christmas Island.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Space

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HRM21B20_199

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Non

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Non

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Droits gérés

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25,7Mo (2,5Mo) / 25,4cm x 25,4cm / 3000 x 3000 (300dpi)

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ocean sea water country parachute parachutes space exploration science geography color Pacific Ocean astronaut astronauts war location century spaceship recovery concept Navy space exploration space travel seventies NASA warfare United States of America Colour 1970s naval warfare United States Navy Command Module 20th century US Navy American America USA Apollo 16 Apollo Mission geographical feature photograph united states splashdown Charles National Aeronautics and Space Administration John John Watts Young Young John Young NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration Heritage Space John Watts Commander John W. Young John W. Young John W Young John W John W. Charles Duke Duke Charles Moss Duke Jr. Charlie Duke Charlie Charles Moss Duke Jr Charles Moss