>> WE'RE A MINUTE AND 45 SECONDS FROM ENTRY. BLACKOUT WILL BEGIN 18 S AFTER ENTRY. >> NEGATIVE. 225. HE HAS TO REACH UP WITH HIS HAND. >> OKAY. >> APOLLO 11, HOUSTON. (STATIC) >> APOLLO 11, HOUSTON, DUE TO ARRIVE. (STATIC) >> APOLLO 11, APOLLO 11, THIS IS HORNET, HORNET, OVER. >> APOLLO 11, LOUD AND CLEAR. 133016915. >> ELEVEN, HORNET COPY 13301675. >> 330. (STATIC) >> HORNET HAS VOICE CONTACT. AIRCRAFT REPORTS VISUAL. WITH PULL CHUTES. >> 3500 FEET. >> 11, HORNET, COPY. 11, HORNET, OVER. >> 133016915. >> HORNET. >> COVERING THE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT. >> SAY AGAIN RECOVERY. >> HAWAII RESCUE 2.
>> HORNET REPORTS SPACECRAFT RIGHT ON TARGET POINT. >> OKAY. APOLLO 11. TATIC) >> WE HAVE A VL ON THREE CHUTES. >> OVER. >> 1330, OVER. (STATIC) >> HORNET, OVER. >> ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF WHAT WE THOUGHT. ONE MILE LONG. >> 1300 FEET. >> THAT'S NEIL ARMSTRONG GIVING THE POSITION REPORTS. (STATIC) >> HORNET, ROGER. >> ROGER, THIS IS APOLLO 11. (STATIC) >> UPSIDE DOWN. THE STATION WILL RIGHT THE SPACECRAFT. (STATIC) >> THE SMALL END DOWN. >> ROGER. 235132. >> THAT WAS THE PRELIMINARY REPORT. >> IT NORMALLY TAKES EIGHT TO TEN MINUTES FOR THE FLOTATION BAGS TO RIGHT THE SPACECRAFT.
SWIM ONE IS GETTING READY TO P. THE BIG SWIMMERS NOW SPRAYING THE HATCH AREA AND THE TOP DECK AND AROUND THE HATCH ON THE COMMAND MODULE WITH IT WITH DECONTAMINANT. >> APOLLO 11, THIS IS HORNET. WE'RE FOUR MILES OUT MAKING OUR APPROACH. (STATIC) >> HORNET ADVISES THE CREW THEY'RE FOUR MILES AWAY. >> THIS IS HORNET ONE. (STATIC) >> HE'S CURRENTLY COMPLETED HIS PROCEDURES AND ON STANDBY ON THE UPPER DECK. >> THE AIR WOULD LEAK IN INSTEAD OF LEAKING OUT. THE CAPTAIN HAS JUST SENT A RADIO MESSAGE TO THE ASTRONAUTS INSIDE THEIR SPACECRAFT SAYING WE'RE FOUR MILES FROM YOU AND CLOSING. THE CAPTAIN IS SOMETHING OF AN AERONAUTICAL PIONEER HIMSELF. IN 1952, PRESIDENT TRUMAN GAVE HIM THE HARMAN AIR TROPHY FOR HIS WORK DEVELOPING A SONAR DEVICE, WITH AN AIRCRAFT SERVICE WITH THE NAVY. >> NUMBER ONE. >> FLIGHT RECOVERY. AFTER WE GET THESE FELLOWS PICK UP, WE FLY THEM STRAIGHT BACK TO COURSE AND LAND DOES TAKE THE HELICOPTER RIGHT DOWN TO THE HANGAR DECK AND LEAVE IT OVER TO THE MQF AND MAKE THE TRANSFER. THE RECOVERY OF THE MAIN MODULE WON'T COMMENCE UNTIL AFTER THE PRESIDENT HAS TALKED TO THE ASTRONAUTS AND HE'LL BE PART OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER.
>> ROGER. >> RECOVERY ONE GOING IN NOW TO PICK UP THE FIRST ASTRONAUT. [ Radio Chatter ] >> FLIGHT RECOVERY, ROGER, WE'LL BE TERMINATING THE COMMENTARY. [ Radio Chatter ] >> IT'S A LONG WAY UP. >> FLIGHT CONTROL. [ Radio Chatter ] >> THIS IS GEORGE H. AND MY CREW. >> THIS IS GEORGE H. HERE. [ Radio Chatter ] THE EVENTS TAKING PLACE HERE TODAY REPRESENT THE CULMINATION OF THE TREMENDOUS APOLLO EFFORTS INITIATED BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY. I THINK YOUR PERNAL DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM DISPLAYED HERE IN MISSION CONTROL HAVE CONTRIBUTED VERY SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE PRE THAT THIS COUNTRY ENJOYS TODAY IN SPACE EXPLORATION.
AS A PERSONAL EXPRESSION OF OUR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR HELP, YOUR COOPERATION AND TOLERANCE OVER THE YEARS, GENERAL PHILLIPS AND CHET LEE AND TOM McMULLIN AND I AND GENE KRANZ HAVE A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR ESTEEM AND THANKS. LOTS OF LUCK AND DON'T CHOKE ON THE BUBBLES. [ ♪♪ ] [ ♪♪ ] [ ♪♪ ] ause ] >> NEIL, BUZZ, AND MIKE, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I BECAME THE LUCKIEST MAN IN THE WORLD, AND I SAY THIS NOT ONLY BECAUSE I HAD THE HONOR TO BE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES BUT PARTICULARLY BECAUSE I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING FOR SO MANY AND WELCOMING YOU BACK TO EARTH. I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT ALL THE MESSAGES WE RECEIVED IN WASHINGTON.
OVER 100 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, EMPERORS AND PRESIDENTS AND PRIME MINISTERS AND KINGS HAVE SENT THE MOST WARM MESSAGES THAT WE'VE EVER RECEIVED. THEY REPRESENT OVER 2 BILLION PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH, ALL OF THEM WHO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH TELEVISION TO SEET YOU HAVE DONE. AND THEN I ALSO BRING YOU MESSAGES FROM MEMBERS OF THE CABINET AND MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND THE SPACE AGENCY, FROM THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE PEOPLE STOPPED ME A FEW DAYS AGO AND I ALL LOVE THAT CITY, I KN AS I DO, BUT MOST IMPORTANT, I HAD A TELEPHONE CALL YESTERDAY.
THE TOLL WASN'T INCIDENTALLY AS GREAT AS THE ONE I MADE TO YOU FELLOWS ON THE MOON. [ Laughter ] I MADE THAT COLLECT, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW. BUT I CALLED IN MY VIEW, THREE OF THE GREATEST LADIES AND MOST COURAGEOUS LADIES IN THE WHOLE WORLD TODAY, YOUR WIVES. AND FROM JAN AND JOAN AND PAT, I BRING THEIR LOVE AND THEIR CONGRATULATIONS. WE THINK IT'S JUST WONDERFUL THAT THEY COULD HAVE PARTICIPATED AT LEAST IN TELEVISION THROUGH THIS RETURN. WE'RE ONLY SORRY THEY COULDN'T BE HERE. I'LL LET YOU IN ON A LITTLE SECRET. I MADE A DATE WITH THEM. I INVITED THEM TO DINNER ON THE 13th OF AUGUST, RIGHT AFTER YOU COME OUT OF QUARANTINE. IT WILL BE A STATE DINNER, HELD IN LOS ANGELES, THE GOVERNORS OF ALL THE 50 STATES WILL BE THERE. AMBASSADORS, OTHERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND IN AMERICA ANDTE TOO AND ALL I WANT TO KNOW, WILL YOU COME? WE WANT TO HONOR YOU THEN.
