Image: Apollo 9 approaches splashdown
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Description: The Apollo 9 spacecraft, with astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart aboard, approaches touchdown in the Atlantic recovery area to conclude a successful 10-day Earth-orbital space mission. Splashdown occurred at 12:00:53 p.m. (EST), March 13, 1969, only 4.5 nautical miles from the prime recovery ship, USS Guadalcanal.
Title: Apollo 9 approaches splashdown
Credit: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo9/html/s69-20364.html (direct link) (JSC reference)
Author: NASA
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