Hornet Plus Three is a great unique book. We see the carrier USS Hornet CV12 is selected as the main recovery ship for the Apollo 11. It was 4:40 a.m. on 24 July 1969, in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, when the lookouts aboard USS Hornet (CV-12) spotted the fireball. The Hornet was the only ship to serve in World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam and the Space Race. (Lindsey Moore/KQED) USS Hornet (CV-8), the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name, was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.During World War II in the Pacific Theater, she launched the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and participated in the Battle of Midway and the Buin-Faisi-Tonolai Raid. 1 of 5 The Apollo 11 Command Module, Columbia, is hoisted aboard the USS Hornet in the Pacific recovery area, about 812 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii, on … Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Moon Men Return: Uss Hornet and the Recovery of the Apollo 11 Astronauts. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon.Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin formed the American crew that landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC.Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface six hours and 39 minutes later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC; Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later. The Apollo 11 command module, Columbia, aboard the USS Hornet after its recovery from the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 1969. It will … Hornet was the recovery carrier for the Apollo 11 moon mission during which astronauts Neil Armstrong, and Edwin Aldrin Jr., landed on and walked on the moon in July 1969. Four minutes later, a double sonic boom ripped through the night. Navy divers aided the Apollo 11 crew, astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. and Michael Collins, back to the Hornetafter the capsule hit the water. The deck of the USS Hornet The Airstream trailer used as the Mobile Quarantine Facility, which held the Apollo 11 astronauts for 88 hours as they were transported from the Pacific Ocean to Johnson Space Center in Texas. The Hornet’s role in space history is the big reason it didn’t get scrapped after being decommissioned in 1970. Moon Men Return: Uss Hornet and the Recovery of the Apollo 11 Astronauts - Kindle edition by Carmichael, Scott.
Though the Apollo 11 assignment was kind of a fluke. Good detailed writing as well as beautiful pictures and diagrams. Bob Fish fills in the gap for us to learn about astronaut space craft recovery especially Apollo 11 the first manned moon landing flight. The aircraft carrier USS Hornet docked in Alameda. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. The USS Hornet Museum in Alameda will host a special celebration to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 splashdown and recovery. The USS Hornet's exceptional career was capped with the recovery of the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 astronauts at the end of these missions. Keyes was a 19-year-old sailor aboard the Hornet that summer, when he learned the aircraft carrier would be diverted from Vietnam to serve as the recovery ship for the historic Apollo 11 mission.
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