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NASA Photo ID:S69-21036
Date Taken: 05/26/69

A Navy helicopter arrivies to recover the Apollo 10 astronauts, seen entering a life raft, as their spacecraft floats in the South Pacific immediately after touchdown. U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmers assist in the recovery operations. Splashdown occurred at 11:53 a.m., May 26,  1969, about 400 miles east of American Samoa. Note that in this photo the  divers have attached a flotation collar to the spacecraft.

Source: scan by JL Pickering




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