the crew of the apollo 13 was awarded the presidential medal of freedom by richard m. nixon.
the crew of the apollo 13 was awarded the presidential medal of freedom by?
richard m. nixon
during the apollo 13 crisis, mitchell was a part of the apollo 13 mission operations team and as such was awarded the presidential medal of freedom by president richard m. nixon in 1970. he worked in an apollo simulator to help bring the crew back. one issue he worked on was how to "fly" (meaning control the attitude of) the lunar module with an inert apollo command/service module attached to it. (usually it was the other way around, but the service module was damaged during that mission.)
edgar mitchell
president nixon flew to houston to award the apollo 13 mission operations team the presidential medal of freedom on april 18. because the medal of freedom was presented as a group award, the members of the apollo 13 team have the distinction of being the only individuals ever presented with the honor without being given the actual medal itself. he then flew to honolulu to award the crew the presidential medal of freedom for their actions during the mission.
apollo 13