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Apollo 9 Command Module aboard the U.S.S. Guadalcanal
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Apollo 9 Command Module aboard the U.S.S. Guadalcanal

NASA / JSC · 1969-03-13 · photograph (digital archive)

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S69-20239 (13 March 1969) --- Close-up view of the Apollo 9 Command Module (CM) as it sets on dolly on the deck of the USS Guadalcanal just after being hoisted from the water. The Apollo 9 spacecraft, with astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart aboard, splashed down at 12:00:53 p.m. (EST), March 13, 1969, only 4.5 nautical miles from the aircraft carrier to conclude a successful 10-day Earth-orbital mission in space.

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Credit lineApollo 9 Command Module aboard the U.S.S. Guadalcanal. NASA/JSC, 1969-03-13. Public domain. ID: S69-20239.

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