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    President Nixon visits Apollo 11 crew in quarantine

    WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES

    12.08.2009

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    President Richard M. Nixon was in the central Pacific recovery area to welcome the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the U.S.S. Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. Already confined to the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) are (left to right) Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. Apollo 11 splashed down at 11:49 a.m. (CDT), July 24, 1969, about 812 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii and only 12 nautical miles from the U.S.S. Hornet. The three crew men will remain in the MQF until they arrive at the Manned Spacecraft Center's (MSC) Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL). While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the Moon, astronaut Collins remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar-orbit. Publication information: AS11-10075311

    NASA Identifier: GPN-2001-000007

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    Date Taken: 12.08.2009
    Date Posted: 02.08.2013 16:29
    Photo ID: 853327
    Resolution: 1536x1536
    Size: 444.02 KB
    Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., US

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