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- 2. Apollo 13 RecoveryMission
- 3. Jim Lovell Jack Swigert FredHaise Apollo 13 Astronauts
- 4. Apollo 13 PrimaryRecovery Ship: USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2)
- 5. Recovery Helicopter: Sikorsky SH-3D 66from HS-4 HS-4’s #66 recovered the astronauts of: Apollo 8 Apollo 10 Apollo 11 Apollo 12
- 6. Crew of “66”- Primary Recovery Helicopter
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- 8. Swim Team Briefsand Prepares
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- 12. “66” on deck– debrief time
- 13. Iwo Jima headssouth
- 14. “Crossing the Line” KingNeptune and the lovely Queen Amphitrite hold court…
- 15. Davy Jones, all-around toughguy Happy Shellback “Crossing the Line”
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- 18. As the earthrecedes…
- 19. and the moongrows larger, all is well, until…
- 20. 200,000 miles from earthand 55 hours into the mission… “OK, Houston, we’ve had a problem here…”
- 21. More than justa “problem”
- 22. The Lunar Module Three’sa crowd
- 23. With the servicemodule dead, and the command module shut down, the lunar module becomes a lifeboat
- 24. Engineering & manufacturingin space… …making the LEM livable Scrubbing CO2 and…
- 25. As close asthey’ll ever get… The moon and the Apollo 13 command module as seen from the LEM.
- 26. The voyage continues…andit’s a long way home.
- 27. Now the toughpart…
- 28. Re-entry: just oneshot…
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- 30. Apollo 13 RecoveryArea Hawaii Pago Pago Splashdown USS Iwo Jima Tahiti
- 31. Morning dawns inthe South Pacific
- 32. Aboard Iwo Jimapreparations begin …early
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- 34. Along with thewhole world, we wait…
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- 36. We follow themdown…
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- 39. Just a fewseconds more…
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- 42. The recovery teamgoes to work
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- 45. Knocking on thedoor
- 46. Watch out forthat first step…
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- 50. Recovery One movesinto position
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- 52. Briefing by swimteam leader
- 53. The view from“66”
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- 55. Hoisting the astronautsone at a time
- 56. The 5th and finalRecovery for “66”
- 57. Approach and landingof “66”
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- 59. Back home on“solid” ground
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- 62. A prayer ofthanksgiving
- 63. Preparing the CMfor recovery
- 64. Retrieving the CMwith the B&A crane
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- 66. CM’s temporary homeaboard Iwo Jima
- 67. Flying the astronautsto Pago Pago
- 68. Jim Lovell &Chuck Smiley
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- 74. The Governor greetsthe celebs
- 75. Back to theboat
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- 78. Pearl Harbor –USS Arizona
- 79. Honors: “manning therail”
- 80. Heading home: thefly-in from the ship
- 81. Feet dry atImperial Beach
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Editor's Notes
- #18 363 ft – 6 million lbs