NASA Photo ID: S71-19472 File Name: 10075644.jpg
Film Type: 4x5 Date Taken: 02/09/71
Title: Apollo 14 Command Module approaches touchdown in South Pacific Ocean
Description:
The Apollo 14 Command Module splashes down and two of its three main
parachutes can be seen collapsing, as the ten-day lunar landing mission
comes to an end. The splashdown occured at 3:04:39 p.m., February 9, 1971,
approximately 765 nautical miles south of American Samoa.
Subject terms:
APOLLO 14
APOLLO PROJECT
COMMAND MODULES
PACIFIC OCEAN
PARACHUTES
WATER LANDING
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