NASA Photo ID: S72-36297           File Name: 10075882.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 04/27/72
Title: Apollo 16 spacecraft touches down in the central Pacific Ocean
Description:
The Apollo 16 spacecraft touches down in the central Pacific Ocean at the
end  of its mission. Splashdown occurred at 1:45:06 p.m., Thursday, April
27,  1972 at coordinates of 00:45.2 degrees south latitude and 156:11.4
degrees  west longitude, a point approximately 215 miles southeast of
Christmas  Island. All its parachutes are collapsing in the ocean around
the Command  Module.                
Subject terms:
APOLLO 16 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
APOLLO SPACECRAFT                       
COMMAND MODULES                         
PACIFIC OCEAN                           
PARACHUTES                              
WATER LANDING                           

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