Which U.S. president was in office when astronauts first landed on the Moon in 1969?
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Fact: Although President John F. Kennedy challenged the nation to land a man on the Moon before the end of the 1960s, it was during Richard Nixon’s presidency that NASA fulfilled that ambitious goal. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the lunar surface, making Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin the first humans to walk on the Moon while Michael Collins remained in orbit aboard the command module. Nixon placed a telephone call to the astronauts from the White House, calling the mission “the greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation.”
Correct Answer: Richard Nixon