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(small tip: my Lemmy client only shows 1 image in cross-posts; if yours does too, there are 2 more images behind that url).
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I wonder how long it was before they were recovered
A little over 20 mins:
Splashdown in the western Atlantic at 24.25° N, 70.00° W, 4.9 km from the target point, occurred at 8:59:35 a.m. EST. The crew was picked up by helicopter and brought to the U.S.S. Guam at 9:23 a.m. and the spacecraft was recovered at 9:58 a.m.
what a journey
I had hoped to go look it up and edit it back in, thank you very much for finding the answer!
"Hey! You can't park that here."
44 orbits in 3 days? Holy shit, 17,967mph is fast AF.