NASA Photo ID: S71-43543           File Name: 10075767.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 08/07/71
Title: Apollo 15 Command Module touches down in mid-Pacific Ocean
Description:
The Apollo 15 Command Module touches down in the mid-Pacific Ocean to 
conclude a successful lunar landing mission. Although causing no harm to
the  crewmen, one of the three main parachutes failed to function properly.
The  splashdown occured at 3:45:53 p.m., August 7, 1971, some 330 miles
north of  Honolulu, Hawaii.                 
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