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The HS-4 Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King 'old 66' landing on the flight deck of USS HORNET (CVS-12) before it was moved down to the hanger deck.

"Donned in biological isolation garments, the Apollo 11 crew members, (L-R) Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong (waving), and Michael Collins exit Old 66, the recovery pick up helicopter, to board the USS HORNET (CVS-12) after splashdown."

"The Apollo 11 crewmen, wearing biological isolation garments, arrive aboard HORNET during recovery operations in the central Pacific. They are walking toward the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF), in which they will be confined until they arrive at the Manned Spacecraft Center's (MSC), Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL). Apollo 11, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, onboard, splashed down at 11:49 a.m. (CDT), July 24, 1969, about 812 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii and only 12 nautical miles from HORNET to conclude their historic lunar landing mission."

Date: July 24, 1969

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U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: Apollo 11 Recovery Photo 11

Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King 'old 66' from HS-4 from USS HORNET (CV-12) drops a UDT swimmer into the water during the Apollo 11 recovery.

Date: July 24, 1969

"The three Apollo 11 crew men await pickup by a helicopter from the USS Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The fourth man in the life raft is a United States Navy underwater demolition team swimmer. All four men are wearing biological isolation garments. Apollo 11, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, onboard, splashed down at 11:49 a.m. (CDT), July 24, 1969, about 812 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii and only 12 nautical miles from the USS HORNET."

Date: July 24, 1969

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: Apollo 11 Recovery Photo 2, Apollo 11 Recovery Photo 3

NASA ID: S69-21698, KSC-69PC-467, link, 6900604

The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King 'Old 66' from HS-4, assigned to USS HORNET (CVS-12) picks up the astronauts from the Apollo 11 Command Module following splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The astronauts are donned in biological isolation garments.

Date: July 24, 1969

NASA ID: 6900605, 52070011, AS11-1001-S69-21723, AS11-1005-69HC-844, AS11-1007-69HC-827, AS11-1009B-69HC-816, AS11-1009F-69HC-830

"Crewmen man the rail of USS HORNET (CVS-12), as the carrier arrives in port at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii with the Apollo 12 Command Module and three astronauts aboard."

Date: November 28, 1969