
Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown
S70-35625 (17 April 1970) --- Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot, is hoisted in a "Billy Pugh" net into a Navy helicopter, while United States Navy underwater demolition team swimmers assist in the recovery operations of the Apollo 13 crewmembers. Astronauts John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, and James A. Lovell Jr., commander, are waiting to get hoisted into the helicopter. The helicopter is taking the astronauts to the prime recovery ship, the USS Iwo Jima. Apollo 13 splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970.
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TakenApril 17, 1970
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