NASA Photo ID: S69-36594           File Name: 10075167.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 05/26/69
Title: Apollo 10 spacecraft approaches touchdown in South Pacific recovery area
Description:
The Apollo 10 spacecraft approaches touchdown in the South Pacific recovery 
area to conclude an eight-day lunar orbit mission. Splashdown occurred at 
11:53 a.m., May 26, 1969, about 400 miles east of American Samoa. Note that 
in this photo the capsules parachutes are fully deployed.                  

Subject terms:
APOLLO 10                               
APOLLO PROJECT                          
APOLLO SPACECRAFT                       
COMMAND MODULES                         
PACIFIC OCEAN                           
PARACHUTES                              
RECOVERY                                
WATER LANDING                           

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