File:SH-3 Sea King of HC-1 recovers Apollo 17 astronauts off USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14), 19 December 1972 (Ap17-S72-55974).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(1,912 × 2,043 pixels, file size: 1.31 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Description
English: A U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3G Sea King (BuNo 149930) of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 1 (HC-1) "Pacific Fleet Angels" recovers an Apollo 17 astronaut on 19 December 1972, with the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14) in the background.
Date
Source
This image or video was catalogued by one of the centers of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: ap17-S72-55974.

This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.
Other languages:

العربية ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ فارسی ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ magyar ∙ հայերեն ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ +/−

NASA photo (higher resolution 786.68 KB)
Author NASA

Wikipedia

 This is a featured picture on the Hebrew language Wikipedia (תמונות מומלצות) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here.

If you think this file should be featured on Wikimedia Commons as well, feel free to nominate it.
If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license, be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it.

Licensing[edit]

Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
Warnings:

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current17:19, 1 March 2012Thumbnail for version as of 17:19, 1 March 20121,912 × 2,043 (1.31 MB)Pline (talk | contribs)noise reduction, set upright
22:47, 8 November 2006Thumbnail for version as of 22:47, 8 November 20062,026 × 2,122 (787 KB)Night Gyr (talk | contribs)higher res
10:48, 21 January 2006Thumbnail for version as of 10:48, 21 January 2006572 × 599 (116 KB)Red devil 666 (talk | contribs)Apollo 17 recovering operations, with the USS ''Ticonderoga'' in the background. The helicopter is a United States Navy H-3 Sea King. ===Source=== http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/ap17-S72-55974.j

You cannot overwrite this file.

The following 5 pages use this file:

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

View more global usage of this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:SH-3_Sea_King_of_HC-1_recovers_Apollo_17_astronauts_off_USS_Ticonderoga_(CVS-14),_19_December_1972_(Ap17-S72-55974).jpg&oldid=828287740"