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The #Apollo11 crew is aboard the recovery ship, ready to enter the quarantine facility and be greeted by President Nixon.
Swim 2: “The astronauts are in a cheerful mood. They are waving at the photographers.” #Apollo11
Each astronaut is being scrubbed down before entering the raft; Hornet is less than a mile away. #Apollo11
All three crew members are out, helping secure and spray decontaminant around the hatch of the ship #Apollo11
Hornet reports it is seven miles from spacecraft; crew asks that recovery “take your sweet time. We’re doing just fine in here.” #Apollo11
Columbia is upside-down; the flotation bags will right the ship in 8-10 minutes. Swim 1 ready to deploy swimmers. #Apollo11
Splashdown! Columbia is in the water, waiting for the flotation bags to inflate and the recovery crew to move in. #Apollo11
Hornet has contact with #Apollo11 ; Armstrong reporting that they are “4,000-3,500 feet, on the way down.”
Hornet reports a sonic boom a short time ago; four minutes to landing. #Apollo11 should be on main chutes now.
Drogue parachutes have been deployed! The recovery team has visual contact with #Apollo11, Houston still waiting on communications.
It’s getting hot in here! Columbia has reentered Earth’s atmosphere. #Apollo11
The Service Module has been jettisoned in preparation for entry into Earth’s atmosphere. #Apollo11
Apollo 11’s distance is 3,000 miles; speed 26,685 ft/s. In the next 20 mins, #Apollo11 will add almost 10,000 feet per second to that figure.
PAO: Backup helicopter number 64, designated Swim Two, will perform Swim One duties if needed. #Apollo11
#Apollo11 is now only 6,509 miles away, approaching at 21,366 feet per second.
PAO: Two crewmen of helicopter 66, Recovery One, will help #Apollo11 astronauts into the helicopter.
#Apollo11 is currently 7,512 miles from Earth, velocity 20,304 feet per second.
PAO: Recovery One swimmer will deploy wearing biological isolation garment (BIG). He will hand BIGs to crew through hatch. #Apollo11
PAO: After flotation collar, Swim 1 moves away from CM while helicopter number 66 (Recovery One) deploys one swimmer. #Apollo11
PAO: Swim 1 is helicopter number 53. Three swimmers from that helocopter are expected to place flotation collar on the command module. #Apollo11