1944
Naval Radar
American naval radar helps carrier forces fight Japanese air attacks.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Pacific Ocean in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
American naval radar helps carrier forces fight Japanese air attacks.
Uses radar-directed tactics in night destroyer actions.
Faith 7 splashes down successfully, closing the crewed flight phase of Project Mercury after more than thirty-four hours in space.
Commands Apollo 8 through Earth reentry before splashdown in the Pacific.
Returns through Earth's atmosphere with Borman and Lovell after the first crewed lunar-orbit mission.
Returns from Apollo 8 after ten lunar orbits.
Returns to Earth with Borman and Lovell after the first crewed lunar-orbit mission.
Returns with Stafford and Young after completing the full lunar landing rehearsal except touchdown.
Returns with Stafford and Cernan after completing the full lunar landing rehearsal except touchdown.
Pilots Columbia through the return phase before Apollo 11 splashes down in the Pacific.
Returns safely to Earth after the first Moon landing.
Returns to Earth with Conrad and Gordon after the second crewed lunar landing mission.
Returns safely with Haise and Swigert after the aborted lunar landing mission.
Returns with Mitchell and Roosa after completing the Fra Mauro lunar landing mission.
Returns with Scott and Irwin after the longest Apollo mission flown to that date.
Returns to Earth with Scott and Worden after the first Apollo J-type mission.
Returns with Young and Duke after the fifth successful Apollo lunar landing mission.
Returns with Cernan and Schmitt as Apollo 17 ends the final crewed lunar landing mission.
Provenance
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