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Apollo 16 spacecraft touches down in the central Pacific Ocean
The Apollo 16 spacecraft touches down in the central Pacific Ocean at the end of its mission. Splashdown occurred at 1:45:06 p.m., Thursday, April 27, 1972 at coordinates of 00:45.2 degrees south latitude and 156:11.4 degrees west longitude, a point approximately 215 miles southeast of Christmas Island. All its parachutes are collapsing in the ocean around the Command Module.
Catalog Date: 27 April 1972
Film Type: 70mm
NASA image: S72-36297