“Recovery after Splashdown.” Postcard CC25926 from Official NASA Film. Color by Mike Roberts.

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Apollo 11 Moon Landing – July 20, 1969

 

Recovery Area in the Pacific Ocean, 900 miles southwest of Hawaii. The Apollo 11 astronauts prepare to be hoisted aboard recovery helicopter following their splashdown on July 24, 1969. After their successful lunar landing mission, the space pilots entered the Mobile Quarantine Facility aboard the USS Hornet.

 

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