Sujet

Endeavour Nears Splashdown, 1971. Creator: NASA.

Légende

Endeavour Nears Splashdown, 1971. The Apollo 15 Command Module "Endeavour", with Astronauts David R. Scott, Alfred M. Worden and James B. Irwin aboard, nears a safe touchdown in the mid-Pacific Ocean to end their lunar landing mission. Although causing no harm to the crewmen, one of the three main parachutes failed to function properly. The splashdown occurred at 3:45:53 p.m., August 7, 1971, some 330 miles north of Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Space

Notre référence

HRM21B20_227

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Non

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Non

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

25,7Mo (1,6Mo) / 25,4cm x 25,4cm / 3000 x 3000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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