Apollo 11 — 40th Anniversary Patch

The USS Hornet is a Essex class air craft carrier. The USS Hornet played a crucial role in recovering astronauts returning to earth during the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 space flight missions.

Being the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon Apollo 11 is forever imortalized in the history books. American's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon July 20, 1969...