Countdown to the space program — Never Used Apollo 11 Disaster Plan  This confidential White House memo summarizes the “rain plan” that was prepared in the event that the Apollo 11 mission ended in disaster. Take a look at William Safire’s “In Event of Moon Disaster” speech that President Nixon would have made in case the Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the moon. -from the Nixon Library This week we’re counting down to our Thursday space program happening in partnership with NASA, The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, and the Presidential Libraries of the National Archives.
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Countdown to the space program — Never Used Apollo 11 Disaster Plan 

This confidential White House memo summarizes the “rain plan” that was prepared in the event that the Apollo 11 mission ended in disaster.

Take a look at William Safire’s “In Event of Moon Disaster” speech that President Nixon would have made in case the Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the moon.

-from the Nixon Library


This week we’re counting down to our Thursday space program happening in partnership with NASA, The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, and the Presidential Libraries of the National Archives.

Countdown to the space program — Neil Armstrong Mission Commander Neil Armstrong inside the Apollo 11 Lunar Module. July 21, 1969.  -from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum It’s a countdown to our Thursday space program happening in partnership with NASA, The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, and the Presidential Libraries of the National Archives.
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Countdown to the space program — Neil Armstrong

Mission Commander Neil Armstrong inside the Apollo 11 Lunar Module. July 21, 1969. 

-from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

It’s a countdown to our Thursday space program happening in partnership with NASA, The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, and the Presidential Libraries of the National Archives.

Countdown to the space program — Apollo 11 Moonwalk Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, walking on the surface of the moon.  Via the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum This week we’re counting down to our Thursday Space Program happening in partnership with NASA, The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, and the Presidential Libraries of the National Archives.
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Countdown to the space program — Apollo 11 Moonwalk

Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, walking on the surface of the moon. 

Via the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

This week we’re counting down to our Thursday Space Program happening in partnership with NASA, The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, and the Presidential Libraries of the National Archives.

Countdown to the space program — Dinner with the President Invitation from the White House for an August 13, 1969 dinner honoring the Apollo 11 Astronauts.   -from the Nixon Library This week we’re counting down to our Thursday Lecture happening in partnership with NASA, The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, and the Presidential Libraries of the National Archives.
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Countdown to the space program — Dinner with the President

Invitation from the White House for an August 13, 1969 dinner honoring the Apollo 11 Astronauts.  

-from the Nixon Library

This week we’re counting down to our Thursday Lecture happening in partnership with NASA, The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, and the Presidential Libraries of the National Archives.

Countdown to the space program — Apollo 11 Bootprint via nasa.gov One of the first steps taken on the moon, this is an image of Buzz Aldrin’s bootprint from the Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Photo Credit: NASA This week we’re counting down to our Thursday space program happening in partnership with NASA, The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, and the Presidential Libraries of the National Archives.  
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Countdown to the space program — Apollo 11 Bootprint


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One of the first steps taken on the moon, this is an image of Buzz Aldrin’s bootprint from the Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Photo Credit: NASA

This week we’re counting down to our Thursday space program happening in partnership with NASA, The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, and the Presidential Libraries of the National Archives.

 

Space Food, Brownies, Apollo 11 Tomorrow is Space Day at the National Air and Space Museum!  The Presidential Libraries of the National Archives will be there hosting a Mission Checklist hunt.  If you are in Washington D.C., come by to accept your mission and search for Apollo items at the National Archives and the Air and Space Museum.  Among your necessities: compressed brownies sealed in 4-ply laminate.  Learn more about space food from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.  Photo courtesy of the National Air and Space Museum. More — Nixon and the Apollo Program
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Space Food, Brownies, Apollo 11

Tomorrow is Space Day at the National Air and Space Museum!  The Presidential Libraries of the National Archives will be there hosting a Mission Checklist hunt. 

If you are in Washington D.C., come by to accept your mission and search for Apollo items at the National Archives and the Air and Space Museum. 

Among your necessities: compressed brownies sealed in 4-ply laminate. 

Learn more about space food from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.  Photo courtesy of the National Air and Space Museum.


More — Nixon and the Apollo Program

On July 20, 1969, President Richard Nixon used this green telephone in the Oval Office to talk to the Apollo 11 astronauts while they were on the surface of the moon. Now you can see this same phone on display in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. This morning at 11 a.m., we will host a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the display “Nixon and the U.S. Space Program,” which will feature rarely seen documents, photographs, and artifacts that represent milestones in manned spaceflight during President Nixon’s administration. It’s also the 100th anniversary of the birth of Richard Nixon. Stop by during this centennial year and learn about Nixon’s support for the lunar program and his efforts to improve Cold War relations through a cooperative space exploration program. The telephone is part of the holdings of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. More on The Richard Nixon Centennial
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On July 20, 1969, President Richard Nixon used this green telephone in the Oval Office to talk to the Apollo 11 astronauts while they were on the surface of the moon.

Now you can see this same phone on display in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. This morning at 11 a.m., we will host a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the display “Nixon and the U.S. Space Program,” which will feature rarely seen documents, photographs, and artifacts that represent milestones in manned spaceflight during President Nixon’s administration.

It’s also the 100th anniversary of the birth of Richard Nixon. Stop by during this centennial year and learn about Nixon’s support for the lunar program and his efforts to improve Cold War relations through a cooperative space exploration program.

The telephone is part of the holdings of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.

More on The Richard Nixon Centennial

Source: archives.gov

“In Event of Moon Disaster”, July 18, 1969.

White House speechwriter, William Safire, was asked to write a speech that President Nixon would make in case the Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the Moon.

It was never delivered, and this speech was quietly tucked away into Nixon’s records. 

From - “American Originals” Treasures from the National Archives

Source: Nixon Library

Source: archives.gov

todaysdocument: How many engineers does it take?An ocean of engineers are present in this July 16, 1969, photograph of the mission control center in Houston, Texas, which was preparing for the launch of the Apollo 11 space mission. Four days later, U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. Photograph of Engineers Working in the Launch Control Center Preparing for the Launch of Apollo 11, 07/16/1969 via DocsTeach
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How many engineers does it take?
An ocean of engineers are present in this July 16, 1969, photograph of the mission control center in Houston, Texas, which was preparing for the launch of the Apollo 11 space mission. Four days later, U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon.

Photograph of Engineers Working in the Launch Control Center Preparing for the Launch of Apollo 11, 07/16/1969

via DocsTeach

Apollo 11 on its Flight to the Moon Liftoff, July 16, 1969, 9:32 a.m., from the Kennedy Space Center launch pad with Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin A. “Buzz” Aldrin. More - Lunar Mission Simulator from the JFK Library
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Apollo 11 on its Flight to the Moon

Liftoff, July 16, 1969, 9:32 a.m., from the Kennedy Space Center launch pad with Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin A. “Buzz” Aldrin.

More - Lunar Mission Simulator from the JFK Library

Source: presidentialtimeline.org