 Also in that year, he served on a Congressional advisory panel that recommended the site of the [[United States Air Force Academy]].In December 1968, he visited the crew of [[Apollo 8]] (the first manned mission to orbit the Moon) the day before their launch, and in 1969 he watched the launch of [[Apollo 11]].In conjunction with the first lunar landing, he shared his thoughts as part of [[Walter Cronkite]]'s live television coverage.