The Journey Home

Step 128. 12:35 p.m. EDT - Columbia re-enters Earth's atmosphere.

Step 134. Parachutes slow the spacecraft in its fall.

Step 135. 12:51 p.m. EDT - Splashdown - 1150 kilometers (720 miles) southwest of Honolulu.

1:57 p.m. EDT - Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins arrive on the deck of the recovery ship, U.S.S. Hornet.

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