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Skylab 3 Command Module is hoisted aboard prime recovery ship
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S73-36423 (25 Sept. 1973) --- The Skylab 3 Command Module, with astronauts Alan L. Bean, Owen K. Garriott and Jack R. Lousma still inside, is hoisted aboard the prime recovery ship, USS New Orleans, during recovery operations in the Pacific Ocean. The three crewmen had just completed a successful 59-day visit to the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. The Command Module splashed down in the Pacific about 230 miles southwest of San Diego, California.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineSkylab 3 Command Module is hoisted aboard prime recovery ship. NASA/JSC, 1973-09-25. Public domain. ID: S73-36423.
