President Richard Nixon with Apollo 11 astronauts
1969 - Smiling Faces: Though separated by a window of the mobile quarantine facility, President Nixon (right) and the Apollo 11 astronauts share a laugh July 254 aboard the recovery carrier USS Hornet, From left are Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin. Collins wears a new moustache and a lapel button reading Hornet Plus Three'. The three spacemen had just returned from man's first landing on the Moon. Mr. Nixon said that as a result of their accomplishment the world has never been closer together
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