“The USS Hornet is the largest surviving artifact from the Apollo program and we have an award-winning Apollo exhibit on board,” according to a new statement.
In attendance was Clancy Hatleberg, who was part of the underwater demolition team that first greeted Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin when they splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after their mission to the moon.
“I was there, and the first person out turned out to be Neil Armstrong,” said Clancy Hatleberg, the officer in charge of the Apollo 11 swimmer recovery teams. “He reached out and said something. With gas masks, you can’t understand anything. So I used my Navy training, which is to repeat something when you’re on an operation to let someone know you understand. I said exactly what I heard through the mask: ‘Bzerblizerblz.’”
They held a robotics competition at the San Jose High School and Astronomical Association with their solar telescopes.
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Clancy Hatleberg, left, who was the leader of the Underwater Demolition Team or Navy Frogman leader who first greeted Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin when they splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after their mission to the moon, speaks to visitors during the Apollo exhibit aboard the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, Calif., Saturday, July 20, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) A visitor looks at the Block I spacecraft during the Apollo exhibit aboard the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, Calif., on Saturday, July 20, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Robots built by 38 high school teams from Northern California, one from New Jersey and one from Colorado compete for pride in the Apollo exhibit aboard the USS Hornet museum in Alameda, Calif., on Saturday, July 20, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) A visitor looks closely at a fighter jet, an F-14 Tomcat, during the Apollo exhibit aboard the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, Calif., on Saturday, July 20, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Visitor Cesar Gamboa, of San Martin, dons an astronaut helmet while his wife, Yalitza, takes photos during the Apollo exhibit aboard the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, Calif., on Saturday, July 20, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Robots built by 38 high school teams from Northern California, one from New Jersey and one from Colorado compete for pride in the Apollo exhibit aboard the USS Hornet museum in Alameda, Calif., Saturday, July 20, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) College Park students carry their robot onto the field before competing with 39 other high school teams as part of the Apollo exhibit aboard the USS Hornet museum in Alameda, Calif., on Saturday, July 20, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Nicolette Dumais, right, USS Hornet communications officer, looks through a telescope at hydrogen or plasma from the sun according to George Doon, left, of the San Jose Astronomical Association during the Apollo exhibit aboard the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, Calif., Saturday, July 20, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Robots built by 38 high school teams from Northern California, one from New Jersey and one from Colorado compete for pride in the Apollo exhibit aboard the USS Hornet museum in Alameda, Calif., on Saturday, July 20, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
