1/2  #Apollo50 #OTD #Nixon50 7/16/1969 President Nixon &amp; @NASA astronaut Col. Frank Borman watched #Apollo11 lift off on TV from the President's private office. From Nixon's Proclamation 3919 National Day of Participation Honoring the Apollo 11 Mission...
2/2 #Apollo11 is on its way to the moon. It carries 3 brave astronauts;it also carries hopes &amp; prayers of 100s of millions of people here on earth, for whom that 1st footfall on the moon will be a moment of transcendent drama. Never before has man embarked on so epic an adventure
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