On July 24, 1969 four Navy frogmen, Clancy Hatleberg, Wes Chesser, Mike Mallory and John Wolfram made history while assisting NASA in the recovery of the Apollo 11 Columbia capsule after it splashed ...

NORFOLK, Va. - During the glory days of the U.S. space program in the 1960s and '70s, astronauts returning to Earth splashed down at sea in their capsules and were picked up by the Navy in a ...

The 50th anniversary of the historic first Moon landing is just around the corner. Celebrations have begun for all involved. The recovery ship, now the USS Hornet Museum, will host thousand of ...

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, a U.S. Navy frogman, deployed from the hovering helicopter, swims next to the spacecraft and makes contact with Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper inside, ...

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission--which was the first manned mission to land on the moon--is next month. In light of this milestone, ...

> NASA. Apollo 14 mission. Nice view of an APOLLO capsule. Recovery area in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy frogmen prepare to place the Apollo 14 space capsule aboard the recovery ship USS New Orleans.