| Australia 1971 (09 Feb) Space Cover with blue cachet "IMAGE HELICOPTER/SPACE CAPSULE ON SEA/TO HONOUR/APOLLO MISSION" and blue handstamp "REGIONAL DIRECTOR/BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY/BOX 413, G.P.O./BRISBANE" unaddressed and affixed with 6c orange QEII stamp cancelled "BRISBANE/2 30PM/1 9 FEB 1/1971/QLD 4000" and slogan "INCLUDE THE/POST CODE/IN EVERY ADDRESS". The command module Kitty Hawk splashed down in the South Pacific Ocean on February 9, 1971 at 21:05 [UTC], approximately 760 nautical miles (1,410 km) south of American Samoa. After recovery by the ship USS New Orleans, the crew was flown to Pago Pago International Airport in Tafuna for a reception before being flown on a C-141 cargo plane to Honolulu. The Apollo 14 astronauts were the last lunar explorers to be quarantined on their return from the Moon.
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Item #: INV-130709
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