His Face Set For The Heavens

From a series of Neil Armstrong photos posted by the National Archives
Hat tip to Maarja Krusten

Godspeed, Neil Armstrong

We give thanks for his courage and for Richard Nixon not having had to give this speech.

"All The People On This Earth Are Truly One"

On July 20, 1969, President Nixon in the White House spoke to Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin at Tranquility Base. From the holdings of the Nixon library.

Another Nixon-Era Scandal?

The moon rock that Neil Armstrong and his fellow Apollo 11 astronauts gave the Dutch turns out to be a piece of petrified wood. I'm assuming from the article that the possibility we discovered petrified wood on the moon has been ruled out.

Old Non-News

The London Telegraph claims to have unearthed the draft of the speech President Nixon was to have given in the event Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had been stranded on the moon in July 1969. But the document has been public for years and on display at the Nixon Library.