Film footage of the recovery of the Apollo 13 Command Module (CM), April 17, 1970. The footage begins with panning shots of a coastline and beach and scenes of people surfing and swimming in the ocean. At 00:01:14, the footage transitions to a SIMEX…
Photomechanical print of the Apollo 13 Command Module during splashdown, showing its parachute-assisted descent over the Pacific Ocean, April 17, 1970.
Photomechanical print of Helicopter 66, a U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King helicopter of HS-4 (Anti-submarine Squadron 4), in flight above the deck of the USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2), April 17, 1970.
Photomechanical print of U.S. Navy servicemen and astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert, and Fred W. Haise aboard the USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2), taken after the astronauts' recovery from the Apollo 13 Command Module, April 17, 1970.
Photomechanical print of astronauts James A. Lovell and John L. Swigert examining the Apollo 13 Command Module after its recovery from the Pacific Ocean, April 17, 1970.
Photomechanical print of two U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King helicopters (fuselage numbers 406 and 66) of HS-4 (Anti-submarine Squadron 4) in flight over the Apollo 13 Command Module during recovery operations, April 17, 1970.
Photomechanical print of astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert, and Fred W. Haise and an unidentified U.S. Navy officer on board the USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2), April 17, 1970.
Photomechanical print of Helicopter 66, a U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King helicopter of HS-4 (Anti-submarine Squadron 4), in flight above the Apollo 13 Command Module, with the USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) in the background, April 13, 1970.
Photomechanical print of astronauts Fred W. Haise, James A. Lovell, and John L. Swigert disembarking from Helicopter 66, a U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King helicopter of HS-4 (Anti-submarine Squadron 4), aboard the USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2), April 17,…