richard nixon was the president when apollo 11 landed.
richard nixon was the president when apollo 11 landed.
who was the president when apollo 11 landed?
richard nixon
bales' decision as guido to go ahead with the landing was appropriate and apollo 11 landed safely. when president richard nixon awarded the presidential medal of freedom to the three apollo 11 astronauts, bales was also honored by being chosen to accept a nasa group achievement award on behalf of the entire mission operations team. nixon said at the time, "this is the young man, when the computers seemed to be confused and when he could have said "stop", or when he could have said "wait", said, "go"."









































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steve bales
mare tranquillitatis was also the landing site for the first manned landing on the moon on july 20, 1969, at 20:18 utc. after astronauts neil armstrong and buzz aldrin made a soft landing in the apollo 11 lunar module nicknamed "eagle", armstrong told flight controllers on earth, "houston, tranquility base here. the eagle has landed." the landing area at has been designated "statio tranquillitatis" after armstrong's name for it, and three small craters to the north of the base have been named aldrin, collins, and armstrong in honor of the apollo 11 crew.









































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mare tranquillitatis