Apollo 12 Recovery Presentation:

The USS Hornet will be hosting a speaker series event on November 19th in the Wardroom. The topic will be the recovery of Apollo 12 capsule and astronauts by the USS Hornet and the presentation will be given by Docent Bill Miklos at 11 AM, 12 Noon and 1:30 PM. This speaker series event is free with your normal admission fee.

Bill has a BS and MS in Aerospace Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. He then served 13 years as an officer in the US Air Force in hardware development and acquisition assignments involving flight dynamics, headquarters program management and satellite bus design. After serving in the Air Force, he was employed by Lockheed Martin Space Systems for 23 years. He held system engineering and management positions in satellite design and ground system development for the Milstar satellite system and was Space Segment Director of the follow-on to Milstar, the Advanced EHF Satellite. Before he retired in 2011, he was the Director of Launch and Operations Readiness for the launch of the first AEHF satellite and supported launch team rehearsals, launch activities and early orbit operations.