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Apollo 11 Moon Landing
(July 24, 1969) (Courtesy photo)
President Richard M. Nixon, right, welcomes the Apollo 11 astronauts abaord the USS Hornet following their recovery from the sea on July 24, 1969. Confined to the Mobile Quarantine Facility are, from left: Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. Apollo 11 splashed down about 812 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii after their historic first manned lunar landing mission. (Photo by NASA/AFLO) MCY