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[President Richard M. Nixon Welcomes the Apollo 11 Astronauts Aboard Recovery Ship USS Hornet]

1969
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: [President Richard M. Nixon Welcomes the Apollo 11 Astronauts Aboard Recovery Ship USS Hornet]
  • Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  • Person in Photograph: Person in photograph Neil Armstrong (American, Wapakoneta, Ohio 1930–2012 Cincinnati, Ohio)
  • Person in Photograph: Person in photograph Michael Collins (American, born 1930)
  • Person in Photograph: Person in photograph Buzz Aldrin (American, born Glen Ridge, New Jersey 1930)
  • Person in Photograph: Person in photograph Richard M. Nixon (American, Yorba Linda, California 1913–1994 New York)
  • Date: 1969
  • Medium: Chromogenic print
  • Dimensions: Image: 7 5/8 × 9 1/16 in. (19.4 × 23 cm)
    Sheet: 7 15/16 in. × 10 in. (20.2 × 25.4 cm)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon, 2016
  • Object Number: 2016.796.22
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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