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The Apollo 14 crewmembers sit in a life raft beside their Command Module (CM) in the South Pacific Ocean as they await a U.S. Navy helicopter, which will take them aboard the USS New Orleans, prime recovery ship. The crew men are, from left to right, astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander; Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot; and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot. Two U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmers (one partially visible in right upper corner) assist in the recovery operations. The Apollo 14 spacecraft splashed down at 3:04:39 p.m. (CST), Feb. 9, 1971, approximately 765 nautical miles from American Samoa in the South Pacific Ocean.