Gardner wasn’t on duty for the July 24 splashdown. But he went to Mission Control anyway, joining the flag-waving, cigar-smoking crowd as Apollo 11’s astounding voyage came to an end in the ...

It was the first human spaceflight to circle the globe above the poles and the first Pacific splashdown for a space ... astronauts assigned to the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz mission. The Associated Press ...

The facility now on display at NASM's Udvar-HazyCenter was the one used to isolate the three-man crew of Apollo 11 upon splashdown." Plans called for Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and ...

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NASA and SpaceX have used splashdown techniques for crewed missions since the Apollo era, with modern advancements improving ...

And if you’ve ever watched the crude-looking technology of black and white TV showing that historic event, the Apollo 11 Moon Mission ... I find the capsule splashdown via parachute a ...

The last time humans returned from space to the Pacific Ocean was during the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz mission with ... to sharing them with you post-mission splashdown." Proud to be able to bring to ...

Apollo Journey' follows the familiar story of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission from launch sequence ... ending with the return to Earth and splashdown. With images from NASA.

Splashdown occurred in the Pacific Ocean at 1:07 p.m. April 17, after a flight that lasted five days, 22 hours and 54 minutes. [...] ...