Detail View: NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection: Apollo 9 Splashdown

Title: 
Apollo 9 Splashdown
Full Description: 
The Apollo 9 Command Module "Gumdrop", with astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart aboard, splashes down in the Atlantic recovery area to conclude a successful ten-day, Earth orbital mission. Splashdown occurred at 12:00:53 p.m. (EST), March 13, 1969, only 4.5 nautical miles from the prime recovery ship, U.S.S. Guadalcanal.
Date: 
03/13/1969
NASA Center: 
Johnson Space Center
Subject Category: 
Apollo 9
Keywords: 
9
Audience: 
General Public
facet_what: 
Apollo 9
facet_where: 
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_when: 
03-13-1969
facet_when_year: 
1969
Image #: 
S69-27465
original url: 
http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001283.html
UID: 
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-001283
Center: 
JSC
Center Number: 
S69-27465
GRIN DataBase Number: 
GPN-2000-001283
Creator-Photographer: 
NASA
Original Source: 
DIGITAL