But before getting back on board, they left behind a few mementos — their backpacks, an American flag, a small gold pin shaped like an olive branch and a patch from the never launched Apollo 1 mission.
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris both hit the campaign trail to reach out to voters over the weekend as the race for the White House is still an extremely close one.
He also offered an olive branch to arch-rival India, saying instead of wasting energy and resources on wars, the two countries should wage battles against poverty, ignorance and disease.
The commemorative stamps were already printed, the medals struck; he had sketched the patch-image himself, an American bald eagle with olive branches in its claws.
The mortal moon hath her eclipse endured And the sad augurs mock their own presage; Incertainties now crown themselves assured And peace proclaims olives of endless age.