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APOLLO 11 SILENT STOCK FOOTAGE w/ NIXON GREETING ASTRONAUTS 72362

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Channel: PeriscopeFilm · 2015 · Education

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This NASA issued, silent stock footage highlight reel includes various images from the Apollo 11 mission, including the recovery of the capsule after splashdown and President Nixon visiting the Apollo 11 crew aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hornet.

Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, carrying the astronauts into an initial Earth-orbit of 114 by 116 miles. An estimated 530 million people watched Armstrong's televised image and heard his voice describe the event as he took "...one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" on July 20, 1969.

The Apollo 11 astronauts Commander Neil A. Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr., are seen inside the Mobile Quarantine Facility aboard the USS Hornet, listening President Richard M. Nixon on July 24, 1969 as he welcomes them back to Earth and congratulates them on the successful mission. The astronauts had splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 12:50 p.m. EDT about 900 miles southwest of Hawaii.


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