USS Preble (DLG-15) underway in the Pacific Ocean. Starboard of USS Preble in view with number 15 clearly visible on her bow. Smoke rises up from her stack. Aircraft on the flight deck of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). The flight deck personnel walk past the aircraft. The aircraft scattered on the flight deck. (Note: The USS Preble (DLG-15) was decommissioned 31 January 1969, and recommissioned again, as DDG-46, on 23 May 1970.)
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) underway in the Pacific Ocean. Smoke rises up from the smokestack. Aircraft on flight deck of the aircraft carrier. The flight deck personnel on the deck. Aircraft scattered on the flight deck. United States aircraft E-2A Hawkeye launched from a catapult. E-2A Hawkeye in flight over the water. A KA-3B Skywarrior taxis and takes off from the flight deck.
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) underway in the Pacific Ocean. Aircraft scattered on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. Flight deck personnel on the deck. Men seated in the cockpit of the aircraft. Crew working on the aircraft. A man pushes a hand cart loaded with bombs. A man fills a bottle and inspects it. A man wearing a green shirt sits in the cockpit and wears headphones.
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) underway in the Pacific Ocean. Aircraft scattered on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. Flight deck personnel on the deck. A man wearing a red shirt loads bombs on a bomber aircraft. He puts a wire on a bomb. Planes are launched from the catapult of the aircraft carrier. The aircraft in flight over the water. Several other planes ready for launching on the flight deck.
A splashdown point for Apollo 11 Command/Service Module (CSM) in the Pacific Ocean. Aerial views of a base with trailers and people gathered. The President's aircraft can be seen parked. USS Arlington (AGMR-2) underway. It is bristling with countless antennas and posts erected on the flight deck, and is providing communications support for the Apollo 11 recovery. Navy officers on the deck of USS Arlington. Sailors are lined up in a square formation surrounding center of deck. Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded the Apollo 8 mission, is seen on deck. A U.S. Navy Sikorsky Sea King SH-3D helicopter hovering over USS Arlington. Aboard prime recovery ship USS Hornet (CVS-12), U.S. President Richard Nixon awaits the arrival of astronauts. The President stands in front of a Mobile Quarantine Unit, where NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Programs, George Mueller, explains the Biological Isolation Garment being modeled. Nixon feels the texture of the suit.
Recovery of the Apollo 11 astronauts from the spacecraft Columbia floating in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy Sikorsky Sea King SH-3D helicopter #66 airlifts the astronauts back to the USS Hornet (CV-12). A navy band plays on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. The Sea King SH-3D helicopter lands on the deck of USS Hornet with the 3 Apollo 11 astronauts inside. The helicopter is moved from the flight deck to the hangar deck by elevator. U.S. President Richard Nixon watches the activities in the company of George Mueller, NASA chief of Manned Space Flight.