Splashdown: After splashdown off Florida ... Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins had for the Apollo 11 moon landing. “It almost feels unreal,” Ms. Williams replied. Editing space news.

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 ...

The splashdown method of landing is advantageous because it allows for a softer landing; the waterbody provides vast space ...

It is the method favoured by American spacecraft – such as NASA’s Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo – to re-enter Earth. In a ...

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are on their way back to Earth, with a splashdown off Florida coast expected late this afternoon.

Apollo splashdown timetable HOUSTON, July 24, 1969 (UPI)--- Apollo 11 timetable for today, based on the NASA flight plan and Navy information from carrier Hornet (all times EDT).6:32 a.m. -- Crew ...

Space Team live coverage of the Starlink and the splashdown, visit floridatoday.com/space starting about 90 minutes before each event.

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NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, whose weeklong Boeing Starliner mission turned into an extended stay in space, have ...