File:Splashdown of the Apollo 17 command module in the Pacific Ocean on 19 December 1972.jpg

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English: Splashdown of the Apollo 17 command module (CSM-114) in the Pacific Ocean 650 km east of Samoa, at 19:24:59h UTC, 19 December 1972.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14) Apollo 17 recovery cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy
Camera location17° 52′ 48″ S, 166° 06′ 36″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current08:44, 3 March 2019Thumbnail for version as of 08:44, 3 March 2019709 × 809 (366 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=Splashdown of the ''Apollo 17'' command module (CSM-114) in the Pacific Ocean 650 km east of Samoa, at 19:24:59h UTC, 19 December 1972.}} |Source=U.S. Navy photo [https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv14-722/042.htm] from the [https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv14-722/index_003.htm USS ''Ticonderoga'' (CVS-14) ''Apollo 17'' recovery cruise book] available at [http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html Navysite.de] |Date=1972-12-19 |Au...