The USS Hornet (CV/CVA/CVS-12) / Apollo program exhibit.
The USS Hornet (CV/CVA/CVS-12) played a major roll in the Apollo program, recovering the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 astronauts as they returned from the Moon.Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, with Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, are marked on her hangar deck, as part of her Apollo program exhibit.
Hornet once again served in the space program with the recovery of Apollo 12 on 24 November. Returning astronauts Charles Conrad, Jr., Alan L. Bean, and Richard F. Gordon, Jr., were picked up from their splashdown point near American Samoa.
The USS Hornet (CV/CVA/CVS-12) / Apollo program exhibit.
The USS Hornet (CV/CVA/CVS-12) played a major roll in the Apollo program, recovering the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 astronauts as they returned from the Moon.Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, with Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, are marked on her hangar deck, as part of her Apollo program exhibit.
Hornet once again served in the space program with the recovery of Apollo 12 on 24 November. Returning astronauts Charles Conrad, Jr., Alan L. Bean, and Richard F. Gordon, Jr., were picked up from their splashdown point near American Samoa.