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Recovery - Apollo Spacecraft (S/C)-017
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Recovery - Apollo Spacecraft (S/C)-017

NASA / JSC · 1967-11-09 · photograph (digital archive)

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S67-49423 (9 Nov. 1967) --- The Apollo Spacecraft 017 Command Module, with flotation collar still attached, is hoisted aboard the USS Bennington, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned, Earth-orbital space mission. The Command Module splashed down at 3:37 p.m. (EST), Nov. 9, 1967, 934 nautical miles northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, in the mid-Pacific Ocean. Note charred heat shield caused by extreme heat of reentry.

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APOLLO 4 FLIGHTAPOLLO PROJECTAPOLLO SPACECRAFT
Credit lineRecovery - Apollo Spacecraft (S/C)-017. NASA/JSC, 1967-11-09. Public domain. ID: S67-49423.
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