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  1. Discover
  2. Paper: Lunar: We Look to the Moon
  3. Unit: Objects on Display

"One small step..."

Image for President Richard Nixon placed an historic telephone call to the Moon
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The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

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"One small step..."
Accession number: 
WHPO-1582-23
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The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

On 20 July 1969, millions tuned in their television sets to see astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon. At 11.49pm, President Richard Nixon placed an historic telephone call to the Moon. He said, “For one priceless moment in the whole of history … all the people on this earth are truly one…” The Apollo XI crew safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean four days later.