The crewmembers of the Apollo 13 mission step aboard the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the mission, following splashdown and recovery operations in the South Pacific Ocean. Iwo Jima following splashdown and recovery operations in the South Pacific.
Description Apollo 13 Recovery Ship U.S.S. Iwo Jima Hat Directly from the Personal Collection of Backup Mission Commander John Young, Certified and Signed on the Cap Itself. Fifty years ago on 17 April Robert Gillette happened to be in the right place at the right time, aboard the USS Iwo Jima, the Apollo 13 prime recovery ship. IWO JIMA ASTRONAUT YOUNG APOLLO 13" on the front. Images courtesy of Robert Gillette. At 142 hours, 54 minutes, and 44 seconds ground elapsed time (GET), Apollo 13 splashed down in the South Pacific, bringing to a close what will perhaps be remembered as the American space program’s finest hour. Apollo 13 crew arrive on prime recovery ship U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship, several minutes after the Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:01:44 pm CST on April 17, 1970. The Command Module nearing splashdown. The crew was taken to the U.S.S.
In this image and other in this set, James Lovell is on deck minutes after arriving, with Rear Admiral Donald C. Davis, Commander of Task Forc Apollo 13 is a 1995 American space docudrama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Ed Harris, and Gary Sinise.The screenplay by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert dramatizes the aborted 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission and is an adaptation of the 1994 book Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by astronaut Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger.
142:54:09 Recovery helicopters: Apollo 13 and Recovery passing through 1,000 feet.
Rear Admiral Donald C. Davis, Commanding Officer of Task Force 130, the Pacific Recovery Forces for the Manned Spacecraft Missions, welcomes the Apollo 13 crew aboard the prime recovery ship U.S.S.
Meanwhile, back aboard the Iwo Jima and after a good night’s sleep back in Earth’s gravity and a hearty breakfast, the Apollo 13 astronauts boarded a helicopter to fly to Pago Pago, American Samoa. Goddard kept the lines of communication open to the Apollo 13 crew after an explosion crippled their spacecraft. Iwo Jima. Middle and right: Apollo 13 astronauts (left to right) Fred Haise, Lovell and Swigert prepare to board a helicopter aboard Iwo Jima for the flight to Pago Pago. A navy blue, 100% wool, baseball-style cap with yellow cloth bullion on the bill and an embroidered "U.S.S. A report from the Iwo Jima that Apollo 13 is descending at a point 4 miles due south of the ship.