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| Subject: November 14, 1969, he became the first Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:42 am | |
| year in office, the United States sent three manned missions to the moon, becoming the only nation in the world to do so. On July 20, Nixon addressed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, two of the astronauts, live over radio during their historic Apollo 11 moonwalk. Nixon also placed a telephone call to Armstrong on the moon, the longest distance phone call ever,[129] and called it "the most historic phone call ever made from the White House."[130] He observed their landing in the ocean from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet.[130] All U.S. Project Apollo moon landings, and the attempted moon landing of Apollo 13, took place during Nixon's first term. On November 14, 1969, he became the first incumbent president to attend a rocket launch, Apollo 12. Nixon's signa litebook elite sad lightValkotaulu - Valkotaulut kotiin ja toimistoon | |
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