Apollo 12 splash down
Here is USS Hornet CVS-12, prime recovery vessel for the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission. A Sea King hovers over the scene of the splashdown of the command module. #apollo12 #usshornet #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari
LOTV training
Here is Pete Conrad during a Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV) flight at Ellington Field in 1969, in preparation for Apollo 12. #lltv #apollo12 #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari
Recovery of Apollo 12
#otd USS Hornet CVS-12 hoists the Apollo 12 Command Module aboard. The spacecraft splashed down less than three miles from the HORNET in...
USS Hornet returns to Pearl +3
#otd Crewmen man the rail of the USS Hornet CVS-12 as she arrives in port at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii with the Apollo 12 Command Module and...
And we have liftoff of Apollo 12
#otd Apollo 12 launched from the Cape, here is a view from the tower as the candles were lit, 14 November 1969. #apollo12 #saturnv #nasa...
