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Apollo 16
Apollo 16 spacecraft touches down in the central Pacific Ocean

The Apollo 16 spacecraft touches down in the central Pacific Ocean at the end of its mission. Splashdown occurred at 1:45:06 p.m., Thursday, April 27, 1972 at coordinates of 00:45.2 degrees south latitude and 156:11.4 degrees west longitude, a point approximately 215 miles southeast of Christmas Island. All its parachutes are collapsing in the ocean around the Command Module.



Catalog Date: 27 April 1972
Film Type: 70mm
NASA image: S72-36297


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