President Nixon Calls Apollo 11 Astronauts
In this photograph by Oliver F. Atkins, President Richard M. Nixon speaks to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. The phone call was live on national television as the two astronauts were on the moon and President was in the Oval Office. The phone call was called "the longest-distance phone call ever".
- Photographer
- Oliver F. Atkins
- Date of Work
- July 20, 1969
- Type
- Photograph
- Credit
- Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library and Museum/NARA