President Richard Nixon with Apollo 11 astronauts

Jul. 29, 1969 - Apollo 11 Splashdown: Though separated by a window of the Mobile Quarantine Facility. president Richard M. Nixon and Apollo 11 astronauts (L to R), Neil Armstrong, Michael collins and Edwin Aldrin share a laugh following splashdown and recovery in the pacific ocean on July 24th 1969. The president greeted the space pilots aboard the USS Mornet, the prime recovery ship, shortly after their splashdown. Astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin conducted man's first exploration of the Moon's surface during their eight-day space mission with Collins, who piloted the command module in lunar orbit

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Aldrin Astronauts Conducted Eight-day Facility Greeted Lunar Mobile Module Orbit Piloted Quarantine Recovery Separated Share Shortly Splashdown Though

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