a11_v_c_o_AKP (1969, unnumbered prob. NASA photo)
“Apollo 11 Astronauts (l - r), Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Neil A. Armstrong and Michael Collins, smile & wave (Armstrong) through the window of the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) aboard the USS Hornet following their recovery July 24, 1969. The crew splashed down at 12:50 p.m. EDT, 900 miles southwest of Hawaii at the completion of their historic lunar landing mission.”
The above is a cleaned up & paraphrased version of the ‘official’ caption for another similar onboard Hornet + 3 MQF photo.
A seldom (if ever?) seen version of the crew shortly after entering the MQF.
a11_v_c_o_AKP (1969, unnumbered prob. NASA photo)
“Apollo 11 Astronauts (l - r), Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Neil A. Armstrong and Michael Collins, smile & wave (Armstrong) through the window of the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) aboard the USS Hornet following their recovery July 24, 1969. The crew splashed down at 12:50 p.m. EDT, 900 miles southwest of Hawaii at the completion of their historic lunar landing mission.”
The above is a cleaned up & paraphrased version of the ‘official’ caption for another similar onboard Hornet + 3 MQF photo.
A seldom (if ever?) seen version of the crew shortly after entering the MQF.