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Apollo 11 returned to Earth on July 24, 1969, with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean and the crew subsequently taken to the USS Hornet for recovery and a 21-day quarantine. This marked the conclusion of the first crewed Moon landing mission.[1][4][5]

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Apollo 11 Return to Earth | World Air Sports Federation

24th July 1969: The day the Apollo 11 crew made it safely back to Earth and fulfilled the goal set by US President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961, "to perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth." Following Lunar Module Eagle's successful rendez-vous with the Michael Collins who had been orbiting the moon in Columbia, the crew made a television broadcast to Earth, thanking those who had worked on the project and reassuring the world waiting below that they had complete faith in their...

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Apollo 11 Astronauts Safely Return to Earth | News

Command module Columbia, containing the Apollo 11 crew, has safely returned the Earth on Thursday 24 July at 1751 BST, successfully completing the first manned Moon landing mission

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Lunar - Missions - Apollo 11 Mission

Apollo 11 was launched on July 16, 1969, at 8:32 AM Central Daylight Time (CDT) with the goal of performing the first human landing on the Moon.

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