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NASA Administrator Dr. Thomas Paine (left) and U.S. President Richard M. Nixon wait aboard the U.S.S. Hornet recovery ship for the splashdown of the Apollo 11 command module #OTD in 1969.

Read more about Apollo 11's return to Earth: https://go.nasa.gov/3OghnvV
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