Gardner wasn’t on duty for the July 24 splashdown. But he went to Mission Control anyway, joining the flag-waving, cigar-smoking crowd as Apollo 11’s astounding voyage came to an end in the ...

After Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong ... The quarantine ended Aug. 10, 1969 — two and a half weeks after splashdown in the north Pacific Ocean. During the quarantine, scientists injected ...

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BP 1102A is constructed of aluminum, with its sidewalls painted with a bronze epoxy paint to simulate the look of a real Apollo Command module after splashdown ... including by the crew of Apollo 11, ...

Apollo Journey' follows the familiar story of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission from launch sequence ... ending with the return to Earth and splashdown. With images from NASA.