JY Logo
Home      Biography      Missions      Appearances      Bibliography      Site Map
photo from John Young page
Photo obtained from Johnson Space Center archives -
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov
 
NASA Photo ID: S69-36595

Date Taken: 05/26/69
 

Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, commander; and John W. Young, command module pilot, await pickup by the recovery helicopter from the prime
recovery ship,  U.S.S. Princeton. Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, lunar module pilot, is already  hoisted aboard the helicopter. U.S. Navy underwater
demolition team swimmers assist in the recovery operations. Splashdown occurred at 11:53 a.m., May 26,  1969, about 400 miles east of American
Samoa.




If directed to this page by a search engine, Click here

Contact me:webmaster  @  johnwyoung.org