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APOLLO SPACECRAFT 017 - RECOVERY - ATLANTIC
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S67-49447 (9 Nov. 1967) --- Close-up view of the charred heat shield of the Apollo Spacecraft 017 Command Module aboard the USS Bennington. The damage was caused by the extreme heat of reentry. The carrier Bennington was the prime recovery ship for the Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned, Earth-orbital space mission. Splashdown occurred at 3:37 p.m. (EST), Nov. 9, 1967, 934 nautical miles northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineAPOLLO SPACECRAFT 017 - RECOVERY - ATLANTIC. NASA/JSC, 1967-11-09. Public domain. ID: S67-49447.
