President Nixon welcomes the astronauts

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Identifier2014-04-03_image_006SourceThe George Hage Apollo Collection (2014-04-03), Box 7CreatorUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationDescriptionPhotograph of President Richard Nixon welcoming Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. back to Earth, USS Hornet (CV-12), July 1969. The astronauts are confined to the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF).

Typed caption: "President Nixon welcomes the astronauts. 'As a result of what you have done, the world's never been closer together…we can reach for the stars just as you have reached so far for the stars.' - President Richard Nixon. Immediately after their arrival on the recovery ship USS Hornet, the astronauts entered the Mobile Quarantine Facility and were welcomed back to Earth by President Nixon.

Part of a photograph album containing NASA photographs of the Apollo 11 mission, July 1969.Creation Date1969-07SubjectMoon--ExplorationApollo 11 (Spacecraft)Aldrin, BuzzArmstrong, Neil, 1930-2012Collins, Michael, 1930-AstronautsNixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994Hornet (Aircraft carrier : CV 12)Original Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe George Hage Apollo Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States

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