ABOARD U.S.S. HORNET -- The triumphant Apollo 12 astronauts finished their million ... 24-mile-an-hour wind and 11-foot seas right after splashdown, but the astronauts had it upright in five ...

ABC, CBS, and NBC spent, collectively, between $11 million and $12 million on Apollo 11 coverage and covered the mission from Sunday morning until Monday evening. May 25, 1961 - President John F.