July 24, 1969: Apollo 11 splashdown
An evening pause: “…and returning him safely to Earth.”
Splashdown from the perspective of the frogmen. Stay with it, as they show every detail, including the recovery of the capsule after the astronauts are already on board the aircraft carrier.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
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"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
There was (now closed) a Dairy Queen just north of home near Franklin PA on PA state route 8. It was one of the largest Dairy Queen stores I have seen and built with full brick walls. Since it has closed one of the most uncommon sights on the roads of America has disappeared: An original Apollo capsule boilerplate.
As I mentioned the Dairy Queen is now closed and the capsule has disappeared.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dairy-queen-apollo-space-capsule
Chris–
Great tidbit!
pivoting….
James Burke –
“The men who walked on the moon”
BBC -1979
https://youtu.be/rWZupDRI0ss
1:14:38
James Burke
“The other side of the moon”
BBC-2, 1979
https://youtu.be/puWbQ1b-ljU
57:19