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Once everything on board was squared away, with the same precision that marked its launch, the spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic, less than three miles off target and within sight of the recovery ship Guadalcanal. Lifted to the ship's deck by a rescue helicopter, Young and Collins were greeted by cheering sailors and a band playing It's a Small, Small World. For U.S. astronauts, it is a universe that is rapidly expanding.