NASA Photo ID: S69-22849 File Name: 10075431.jpg
Film Type: 35mm Date Taken: 11/24/69
Title: U.S.S. Hornet crewmen greeted by crew of Apollo 12 lunar landing mission
Description:
U.S.S. Hornet crewmen are greeted by the crew of the Apollo 12 lunar
landing mission as the three astronauts are transfered from a U.S. Navy
helicopter to a Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) aboard the prime recovery
vessel. Charles Conrad Jr., right, commander; Richard F. Gordon Jr.,
command module pilot, left front; and Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot
splashed down safely at 2:58 p.m., November 24, 1969.
Subject terms:
APOLLO 12 FLIGHT
APOLLO PROJECT
ASTRONAUTS
CEREMONIES
FACILITIES
HELICOPTERS
ISOLATION
NAVY
PERSONNEL
RECOVERY
SHIPS
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