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Apollo 11 moon landing had thousands working behind scenes
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 ...
Why Sunita Williams will experience a splashdown: What it is and why astronauts use this method to return back
The splashdown method of landing is advantageous because it allows for a softer landing; the waterbody provides vast space ...
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They Were at Mission Control During Apollo 11. 50 Years Later, the Memory Still Moves Them to Tears
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Crew-9’s splashdown landing explained: Why NASA chooses it and how it exactly happens
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying Crew-9 astronauts, including Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, has undocked from the ISS and is set to splashdown off the coast of Florida at 3:27 AM IST on ...
This Word Means: Splashdown
It is the method favoured by American spacecraft – such as NASA’s Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo – to re-enter Earth. In a ...
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Space songs: 'Apollo Journey'
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.