The incredible story of Alameda’s USS Hornet, the aircraft carrier that assisted Apollo 11

It is a lesser-known note in history that Neil Armstrong’s first words back on Earth after exiting the Apollo 11 space capsule were: “Bzerblizerblz.”. It was July 24, 1969, and Armstrong and his fellow astronauts had just splashed down in the Pacific after becoming the first humans to walk on the moon. While their capsule pitched in the waves, the astronauts slipped on biological isolation garments – bulging, full-body suits meant to prevent the spread of lunar pathogens.

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