The Apollo–Soyuz Test Project Apollo Command Module, with astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, Vance D. Brand and Donald K. Slayton still inside, awaits pickup by the prime recovery ship, USS <i>New Orleans</i> (LPH-11), following splashdown in the Central Pacific Ocean to conclude the historic joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project docking mission in Earth orbit. The CM touchdown occurred in the Hawaiian Islands area at 16:18 hrs (CDT), 24 July 1975. A team of U.S. Navy swimmers assists with the recovery operations. A Sikorsky SH-3A <i>Sea King</i> recovery helicopter (BuNo 152104) of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 6 (HS-6) "Indians" hovers overhead.
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