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Earth orbit. Once there, a backup Earth-orbit mission could be performed so that the flight was not entirely in vain. In all cases, the Command Module (CM) with the astronauts performs a splashdown by:
* Dumping the hypergolic fuel overboard since the toxic substance would be an unnecessary risk to recovery personnel.
* If high enough, deploying high-speed parachutes (drogue parachute).
* Jettisoning

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