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Description	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.
Date	December 1972
Source	U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14) Apollo 17 recovery cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author	U.S. Navy

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