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.