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Apollo 9 spacecraft floats in Atlantic recovery area after splashdown
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S69-27925 (13 March 1969) --- The Apollo 9 spacecraft, with astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart aboard, floats in the Atlantic immediately after splashdown. Moments later the three crewmen were picked up by a helicopter and flown to the deck of the USS Guadalcanal, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 9 10-day Earth-orbital space mission. Splashdown occurred at 12:00:53 p.m. (EST), March 13, 1969, only 4.5 nautical miles from the USS Guadalcanal.
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Credit lineApollo 9 spacecraft floats in Atlantic recovery area after splashdown. NASA/JSC, 1969-03-13. Public domain. ID: s69-27925.
