Buzz Aldrin walks on the Moon during Apollo 11. Click to enlarge. Columbia is the gem of the ocean after Apollo 11 splashes down in the Pacific. Click to enlarge. While on the back side of the Moon, with the LM 20 miles behind the CSM, the trans-earth injection burn of Apollo 11 is begun, with the spacecraft traveling at 5,329 feet per second at an altitude of about 60 nautical miles.
Astronauts begin waking for first full day of return trip.
Midcourse correction is made to readjust the flight path of the spacecraft. Eighteen minutes of live TV transmission to Earth begins.