Apollo 11 Recovery, 1969 #8

To prepare the spacecraft for recovery, UDT decon swimmer LTJG Clancy Hatleberg decontaminated designated parts of it while still wearing his BIG... more

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Apollo 11 Recovery, 1969 #8

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To prepare the spacecraft for recovery, UDT decon swimmer LTJG Clancy Hatleberg decontaminated designated parts of it while still wearing his BIG suit. When finished, he placed all the decontamination canisters of betadine and sodium hypochlorite into the decontamination raft. He then placed his own BIG suit in the raft and sank it. Recovery operation of the capsule in the Pacific Ocean after splashdown. Navy para-rescue men recovered the capsule housing the 3-man Apollo 11 crew. The crew was taken to safety aboard the USS Hornet, where they were quartered in a mobile quarantine facility. With the success of Apollo 11, the national objective to land men on the Moon and return them safely to Earth had been accomplished. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two people on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969. Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21; Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later. They spent about two hours together outside the spacecraft, and collected 47.5 pounds of lunar material to bring back to Earth. Command module pilot Michael Collins flew the command module Columbia alone in lunar orbit while they were on the Moon's surface. Armstrong and Aldrin spent 21.5 hours on the lunar surface before rejoining Columbia in lunar orbit.

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April 22nd, 2019