USAF, Navy Weathermen Saved Apollo 11 Astronauts from Disaster
The "Eagle" had successfully landed, Neil Armstrong had taken his "one small step for man," and the Apollo 11 astronauts were speeding back to Earth and a hero's welcome. But this "giant leap for mankind" would have ended in disaster, not ticker-tape parades--and jeopardized the U.S. space program-...
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