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Pieces of Apollo-era rocket engines found on ocean floor

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    Phil Keating reports from Miami

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Pieces of -- history have been found.

Three miles under the Atlantic Ocean.

These pieces from the Apollo mission within forty years ago -- -- -- on that story live in Miami how significant.

Is this discovery -- Incredibly this was your quintessential needle in the haystack three miles deep out in the Atlantic and total blackness and now.

For the first time in decades they are back from where they came Cape Canaveral Florida.

Bezos expeditions spent three weeks -- in the Atlantic finding these historic components that send humans to the moon.

And then plucking them up from the ocean floor and hoisting them 141000 feet to the surface.

Bay zone was the billionaire founder of Amazon.com any serious space enthusiast.

He and his crew worked tirelessly operating the remotely operated vehicles a -- of lights and cameras spotting what had not been seen for forty years in a quote.

We found so much we've seen an under water wonderland an incredible sculpture garden of twisted F one engines that tells the story of a fiery and violent that.

One that serves testament to the Apollo program.

The massive Saturn five rockets powered.

Every Apollo mission to space including of course the historic 1969 Apollo eleven mission.

As we all now know truly was a giant step for man can indeed it was yes so what happens now that they've recovered this.

All of these rocket pars and these engines will now eventually be going to museums most likely Kennedy space in our Florida another is and Sony in DC.

So that everybody who wants to see these historic pieces of space artifacts history will be able to see them in person those engines and rocket parts splashed down.

360.

Miles east of Florida.

Back in the late sixties and early seventies after blasting seven Apollo missions to space.

Six of which put astronauts right there on the lunar surface the test now to prevent further corrosion.

-- one drawback here because of time in the elements and forty plus years.

Underwater.

Some of the serial numbers on these parts are no longer readable so it's going to be quite a challenge to match up which artifact they found goes with.

-- historic Apollo mission by all right screw up an incredible man needed in school Phil Keating tanks three miles --

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