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Apollo test capsule being unloaded from the USS Hornet at Long Beach Naval Station, Calif., 1966

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Title: Apollo test capsule being unloaded from the USS Hornet at Long Beach Naval Station, Calif., 1966
Date Created and/or Issued: September 9, 1966
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-3924
Description: SPACESHIP UNDER STUDY--This Apollo capsule, like one that is to take three men to the moon and back before the end of the decade, is undergoing detailed analysis at North American Aviation's Downey plant this week. Capsule, shown being unloaded at Long Beach Naval Station, was recovered by the USS Hornet in the Pacific after its 93-minute, suborbital flight from Cape Kennedy Aug. 25.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b580_233727
ark:/21198/zz0002vb69
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Loading and unloading
Science
Space vehicles--United States
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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