Casual Spaceman: APOLLO 11 WEEK - SPLASHDOWN

Teacher or professor: Casual Spaceman
Subject: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Astronautics
Content of the Lesson: 05:47 - Main atmospheric re-entry begins 06:07 - Comms blackout begins 15:14 - Comms re-established 15:32 - Mission control PR reports drogue chutes deployed 16:05 - Main chutes deployed 16:50 - 4 minutes to splashdown 17:47 - Communication between The Hornet (recovery Aircraft Carrier) and Apollo 11 begins 18:28 - Hornet aircraft reports visual of three full shutes 21:01 - SPLASHDOWN 21:32 - Apollo 11 reported "stable 2" (upside down) in the water. Floatation bags will upright it. 27:05 - Spacecraft slowly righting itself 27:54 - Spacrat reports "stable 1" (90 degrees from verticle and on its side) 29:40 - First swimmer in the water 31:07 - Sea anchor deployed (device to stabilise and limit drift of spacecraft in the water) 32:22 - Second swimmer in the water


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