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English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14) recovers a dummy Apollo command module, in December 1972. To prepare for the recovery of the Apollo 17 mission, the Ticonderoga took part in a simulated exercise ("SIMEX"): a dummy Apollo command module (called a "boilerplate") was set adrift in an arbitrary position in the ocean. The task was then to locate an recover the "boilerplate" and its crew.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14) Apollo 17 recovery cruise book available at Navysite.de
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current23:20, 2 March 2019Thumbnail for version as of 23:20, 2 March 2019531 × 427 (143 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS ''Ticonderoga'' (CVS-14) recovers a dummy ''Apollo'' command module, in December 1972. To prepare for the recovery of the ''Apollo 17'' mission, the ''Ticonderoga'' took part in a simulated exercise ("SIMEX"): a dummy ''Apollo'' command module (called a "boilerplate") was set adrift in an arbitrary position in the ocean. The task was then to locate an recover the "boilerplate" and its crew.}} |Source=U...