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USS Hornet to Celebrate Apollo 11 Moon Landing Splashdown Anniversary

On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, returning the first men on the moon to Earth. A SeaKing helicopter safely delivered astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, ...
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We The People: This Day in History, July 24

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission safely returned to Earth, landing in the Pacific Ocean. The crew was then taken to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Apollo 11 was the ...
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This Day in History: July 24, 1969 Apollo 11 splashes down in the Pacific

The Phoenix VA honored the last surviving woman from a special battalion that made sure mail was delivered during World War II. Point Basse was once a “bustling village” and home to the Wakely family ...
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Operation moonglow a political history of Project Apollo Teasel Muir-Harmony

Introduction: Moonrise -- The launch of the space race, 1946-1957 -- Sputnik and the politics of spaceflight, 1957 -- A space program for all humankind, 1958-1960 -- If we are to win the battle, ...