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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

"Two images taken from a recovery helicopter of the Apollo Command Module Endeavour during its descent, showing all three main parachutes inflated, left, followed shortly by the collapse of one of the main parachutes."

"The Apollo 15 Command Module (CM), with astronauts David R. Scott, commander; Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot; and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, aboard safely touches down in the mid-Pacific Ocean to conclude a highly successful lunar landing mission.

Although causing no harm to the crew men, one of the three main parachutes failed to function properly.

The splashdown occurred on August 7, 1971, some 330 miles north of Honolulu, Hawaii. The three astronauts were picked up by helicopter and flown to the prime recovery ship, USS OKINAWA (LPH-3), which was only 6 1/2 miles away."

Date: August 7, 1971

NASA ID: link, S71-42217, S71-41999, S71-43543, 71-H-1265, S71-43542, S71-43541, S71-41995

SDASM Archives: Casson_0095

Apollo 15 crew arrive aboard the U.S.S. OKINAWA (LPH-3) after recovery.

"Apollo 15 crew is greeted by Manned Spacecraft Center Director Robert Gilruth as they leave recovery helicopter."

"At the welcome ceremony on OKINAWA, (General Lucius D. Clay, left, Commander of the United States Air Force, Scott, Brigadier General Frank K. Everest, Commander of the U.S Air Force Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service, Worden, Irwin, and Rear Admiral Thomas B. Hayward, Commander of Task Force 130, Pacific Recovery Area."

Date: August 7, 1971

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