Splashdown: Recovery of Apollo 8

Meet crew members of the USS Yorktown who were aboard the aircraft carrier in December 1968 and helped recover the Apollo 8 space capsule and crew after it orbited the moon and returned to Earth.  College of Charleston’s NASA Space Grant Consortium will provide hands-on activities for children.  A film Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum produced with Apollo 8 crewmember Jim Lovell will play in the museum’s Smokey Stover Theater.

All Yorktown Association Reunion events are included in the regular price of admission.  Parking is $5.