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Apollo 9 Spacecraft Recovery Item No 108-KSC-69P-186
Apollo 9 Spacecraft Recovery Item No 108-KSC-69P-186
Acquired from Apollo Mission Control (Jerome Bascom-Pipp)
Acquired from Apollo Mission Control (Jerome Bascom-Pipp)
Date acquired 8th March 2023
Date acquired 8th March 2023
Collection number TSM 170
Collection number TSM 170
The scorched Apollo 9 spacecraft, cradled in a flotation collar, is hoisted aboard the USS Guadalcanal, prime recovery ship, after safely carrying the Apollo 9 crew to splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.
The scorched Apollo 9 spacecraft, cradled in a flotation collar, is hoisted aboard the USS Guadalcanal, prime recovery ship, after safely carrying the Apollo 9 crew to splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.
Splashdown occurred in the Atlantic Ocean at 12:00:53 p.m., 13 March 1969 less than five miles from the prime recovery ship, USS Guadalcanal and 780 nautical miles southeast of Cape Kennedy.
Splashdown occurred in the Atlantic Ocean at 12:00:53 p.m., 13 March 1969 less than five miles from the prime recovery ship, USS Guadalcanal and 780 nautical miles southeast of Cape Kennedy.
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