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Parachute Collapse: ap15-S71-41999

Title

Parachute Collapse: ap15-S71-41999

Subject

Apollo 15 splashdown

Description

The Apollo 15 Command Module "Endeavour", 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 north of Honolulu, Hawaii (NASA).

Creator

NASA

Source

NASA Human Spaceflight

Date

August 7, 1971

Rights

Public Domain

Relation

https://history.nasa.gov/afj/ap15fj/25day13_splashdown.html

Format

Still Image

Coverage

Splashdown

Original Format

Still Image, color. Film camera.

Physical Dimensions

2750 x 3500

Timestamp

295:11:36

Image URL

https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo15/hires/s71-41999.jpg

Source URL

https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo15/html/s71-41999.html

Location of subject

Pacific Ocean

Tags

CSM, Endeavour, splashdown

Citation

NASA, “Parachute Collapse: ap15-S71-41999,” The Apollo 15 Learning Hub, accessed January 21, 2021, https://apollo15hub.org/items/show/26.

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