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Spacecraft recovery - Splashdown (43 images)
Title : The three main parachutes lower the ASTP Apollo Command Module into the Pacific
Caption :
(07/24/1975) -- The three main parachutes lower the ASTP Apollo Command Module into the Pacific Ocean west of Hawaii. The splashdown at 5:18 p.m. ended the nine-day mission for ASTP astronauts Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand and Donald Slayton. The Apollo was picked up by the USS New Orleans after which the crewmen participated in ceremonies on the ship's deck.
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