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Recovery- Apollo 9
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S69-27468 (13 March 1969) --- U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmers assist the Apollo 9 crew during recovery operations just after splashdown. They have already attached a flotation collar to the Command Module (CM). Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot, is about to climb into raft. In background is astronaut David R. Scott, command module pilot. Still inside the spacecraft is astronaut James A. McDivitt, commander. Splashdown occurred at 12:00:53 p.m.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineRecovery- Apollo 9. NASA/JSC, 1969-03-13. Public domain. ID: S69-27468.
