Photograph showing astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt leaving the Apollo 17 spacecraft after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, on 19 Dec, 1972. Navy parares

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Photograph showing astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt leaving the Apollo 17 spacecraft after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, on 19 Dec, 1972. Navy pararescuemen stand by to help transfer the astronauts to the awaiting liferaft.

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Photo credit: © NASA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: 17, apollo, harrison, landing, manned, program, programme, recovery, schmitt, sea, space, spacecraft, spaceflight, splashdown