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An early morning sun casts a reflection across the Skylab 4 Command Module in Pacific Ocean some 176 miles southwest of San Diego, California, following splashdown at 8:17 a.m. (PDT), Feb. 8, 1974. Swimmers from the USS New Orleans, prime recovery ship, are taking part in recovery operations here. Later the spacecraft, with astronauts Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson and William R. Pogue still inside, was hoisted aboard the USS New Orleans.