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Splashdown
Start readingAfter tense minutes of communication loss as Odyssey re-entered Earth's atmosphere, the parachutes opened and the Command Module splashed down into the South Pacific. A US Navy ship and helicopters were awaiting Lovell, Haise and Swigert to pick them up and bring them safely home.
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