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Apollo 9 Spacecraft - Touchdown - Atlantic Recovery Area
Summary
S69-27466 (13 March 1969) --- The Apollo 9 spacecraft, with astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart aboard, touches down in the Atlantic recovery area to conclude a successful 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 prime recovery ship, USS Guadalcanal.
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Date
13/03/1969
Location
Johnson Space Center, 29.56198, -95.09268
Source
NASA
Copyright info
Public Domain Dedication (CC0)
