Sujet

Apollo 11 Crew in Raft before Recovery, 1969. Creator: NASA.

Légende

Apollo 11 Crew in Raft before Recovery, 1969. The Apollo 11 crew await pickup by a helicopter from the USS Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The fourth man in the life raft is a United States Navy underwater demolition team swimmer. All four men are wearing Biological Isolation Garments (BIG). The Apollo 11 Command Module "Columbia," with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. splashed down at 11:49 a.m. (CDT), July 24, 1969, about 812 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii and only 12 nautical miles from the USS Hornet.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Space

Notre référence

HRM21B20_229

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Non

Property release

Non

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

25,8Mo (2,0Mo) / 25,4cm x 25,5cm / 3000 x 3011 (300dpi)

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