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Apollo XVII Command Module (CM) - Splashdown - South Pacific Ocean
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Apollo XVII Command Module (CM) - Splashdown - South Pacific Ocean

NASA / JSC · 1972-12-19 · photograph (digital archive)

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S72-55834 (19 Dec. 1972) --- The Apollo 17 Command Module (CM), with astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans and Harrison H. Schmitt aboard, nears splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean to successfully concludes the final lunar landing mission in NASA's Apollo program. This overhead view was taken from a recovery aircraft seconds before the spacecraft hit the water. The splashdown occurred at 304:31:59 ground elapsed time, 1:24:59 p.m. (CST) Dec.

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Credit lineApollo XVII Command Module (CM) - Splashdown - South Pacific Ocean. NASA/JSC, 1972-12-19. Public domain. ID: s72-55834.
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