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Parachute Collapse

Title

Parachute Collapse

Subject

Splashdown

Description

The Apollo 15 Command Module "Endeavor", with Astronauts David R. Scott, Alfred M. Worden and James B. Irwin aboard, nears a safe touchdown in the mid-Pacific Ocean to end their lunar landing mission. Although causing no harm to the crewmen, one of the three main parachutes failed to function properly. The splashdown occurred at 3:45:53 p.m., August 7, 1971, some 330 miles to the north of Honolulu, Hawaii (NASA).

Creator

NASA

Source

Apollo Lunar Surface Journal; Apollo Flight Journal

Publisher

NASA

Date

August 7, 1971

Rights

Public Domain

Format

JPG; 750 x 750

Type

Still Image

Identifier

Primary Sources

Coverage

Splashdown

UUID

d5396551-5d16-4b7c-ae2a-126d0b8c1a7a

Original Format

Still Image, color. Film camera.

Physical Dimensions

2750 x 3500

Timestamp

295:11:36

Image URL

https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/ap15-S71-41999.jpg and https://history.nasa.gov/afj/ap15fj/photos/splash/s71-41999.jpg

Source URL

https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/images15.html and https://history.nasa.gov/afj/ap15fj/a15images.html

Location of subject

Pacific Ocean

NASA Image ID

ap15-S71-41999

Collection

Exploration

Tags

Command and Service Module (CSM), Endeavor, splashdown

Citation

NASA, “Parachute Collapse,” The Apollo 15 Learning Hub, accessed March 23, 2023, https://apollo15hub.org/items/show/26.

Output Formats

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  • omeka-xml

Project Partners

Tracy L. Scott, Ph.D. (Associate Teaching Professor in Sociology at Emory University)

Col. David R. Scott

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