

Astronaut John L. Swigert Jr., Apollo 13 command module pilot, is lifted
aboard a helicopter in a "Billy Pugh" net while Astronaut James A. Lovell
Jr., commander, awaits his turn. Astronaut Fred Haise Jr., lunar module
pilot, is already aboard the helicopter. In the life raft with Lovell and
in the water are several U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Team Swimmers who
assisted in the recovery operations. The Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down
at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970