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Moon. Nbc bay area is here sergio quintana, a lot of history on that ship. Or of that first moon walk four days after is when those astronauts returned to the earth. And it was the mission of the crew of the uss hornet to go and retrieve them from the pacific ocean. Its one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind. Reporter as Neil Armstrong said this now famous phrase, the uss hornet was rehearsing for their role. It was seven days a week until they called us to retrieve the dozens of other crew members for tonights celebration dinner aboard the hornet. The 900 foot long back then was come along the tiny space capsule and safely pluck the crew out of the ocean. Bruce johnson was the copilot of the sea king helicopter that picked up the crew. It was a very quick recovery from the time they touched down. They splashed down at 5 20, and we had them back on board before 6 00. Reporter tonights celebration is a moment to celebra ....