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Apollo 11 (AS-506) - The Eagle Has Landed
Quarantine: President Richard Nixon was aboard Hornet to personally wel-
come the astronauts back to Earth. He told the astronauts, "As a result of
what you've done, the world has never been closer together before." After
Nixon departed, the Hornet was brought alongside the five-ton command
module where it was placed aboard by the ship's crane, placed on a dolly
and moved next to the MQF. The Hornet sailed for Pearl Harbour where
the command module and MQF were airlifted to the Johnson Space Center.
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Did You Know?
Years later, it was publicly revealed that Nixon had prepared a speech to be given in the event the Lunar
Module had failed to lift off from the lunar surface, which would have resulted in Armstrong's and
Aldrin's deaths, similar to common newspaper obituary or government contingency plan procedures and
policies.
