Four views showing the near-tragic landing on Earth of the CSM Endeavour and recovery of the crew after a 10-day voyage to the Moon (4 photos), Apollo 15, 7 August 1971 Vintage gelatin silver prints on fibre-based paper, 20.4 x 25.5 cm (8 x 10 in) with NASA captions on versos, (NASA Kennedy Space Center and NASA Headquarters), (4)Footnotes: The Apollo 15 Command Module (CM), with astronauts David R. Scott, commander; Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot; and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, aboard safely touched down in the mid-Pacific Ocean to conclude a highly successful lunar landing mission. Although causing no harm to the crew men, one of the three main parachutes failed to function properly. The splashdown occurred at 3:45:53 p.m. (CDT), Aug. 7, 1971, some 330 miles north of Honolulu, Hawaii. The three astronauts were picked up by helicopter and flown to the prime recovery ship, USS Okinawa, which was only 6 1/2 miles away.