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U.S. Navy frogmen participate in Apollo 8 recovery
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U.S. Navy frogmen participate in Apollo 8 recovery

NASA / JSC · 1968-12-27 · photograph (digital archive)

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S69-15732 (27 Dec. 1968) --- A U.S. Navy frogman team participates in the Apollo 8 recovery operations. The Apollo crew, astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell Jr., and William A. Anders, were recovered by helicopter and flown to the deck of the USS Yorktown, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. Apollo 8 splashed down at 10:51 a.m. (EST), Dec. 27, 1968, about 1,000 miles south-southwest of Hawaii.

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Credit lineU.S. Navy frogmen participate in Apollo 8 recovery. NASA/JSC, 1968-12-27. Public domain. ID: S69-15732.

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