On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 capsule splashed down, and the astronauts were brought to the USS Hornet. "This year, on ...

Minutes later, Apollo 11 splashed down in the water, fulfilling the goal of a nation: perform a manned lunar landing and return. The day was July 24, 1969, 50 years ago today.

An estimated crowd of more than 12,000 crowded the downtown Huntsville, Alabama courthouse square as Huntsvillians paid tribute to the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission moments after word of the ...

But the morning of the real recovery was shark-free. McLaughlin and the rest of the recovery team started off for the targeted splashdown site about an hour before sunrise. The Apollo 11 astronauts ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- July 24, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the safe return of the Apollo 11 astronauts to earth. The Bay Area erupted into a spontaneous celebration. People poured out ...

A recovery helicopter hovers above the Apollo 11 spacecraft seconds after it splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 11:51 a.m. Houston time on July 24, 1969, about 900 miles southwest of Hawaii.

Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, left, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin looked out from their mobile quarantine unit aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hornet as they were welcomed back to Earth ...

Pleasanton resident Mac Smith served in an important role for the Apollo 11 mission 50 years ago, helping to bring back the command module safely to Earth.

The Apollo 11 astronauts, as well as their successors on Apollo 12 and 14, were quarantined for 21 days after setting foot on the moon, just in case they had picked up anything that could harm ...

It has been 50 years since the Apollo 11 astronauts were recovered at sea by the USS Hornet. The first person to reach that historic capsule was Navy frogman John Wolfram.