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Apollo 11 crew return

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-apo11-40003

Image Size 300 DPI: 21 * 16 cm

The three Apollo 11 crewmen await pickup by a helicopter from the U.S.S. Hornet, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The fourth man in the life raft is a U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmer. All four men are wearing biological isolation garments. Apollo 11 splashed down at 11:40 a.m., July 24, 1969, about 812 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii.

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1969 - ALDRIN EDWIN - APOLLO - APOLLO 11 - ARMSTRONG NEIL - ASTRONAUT - COLLINS MICHAEL - COMMAND MODULE - HUMAN - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - PACIFIC OCEAN - POSTFLIGHT - SPACESHIP - SPLASHDOWN - ZODIAC -