Apollo 11 returns to Earth

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24 July, 1969

Apollo 11 returned to Earth splashing down safely in the Pacific Ocean on 24th July 1969. The NASA spacecraft had carried three astronaut – Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins in the first successful manned expedition to the Moon.