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.
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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