President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon at Patrick Air Force Base
Dublin Core
Title
President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon at Patrick Air Force Base
Alternative Title
President Nixon and First Lady at Patrick AFB
Subject
Patrick Air Force Base (Fla.)
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Presidents--United States
Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993
Nixon, Thelma Catherine Patricia Ryan, 1912-1993
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Apollo Project (U.S.)
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Description
President Richard Nixon (1913-1994) accompanied by his wife, Pat Nixon (1912-1993), greeting citizens at Patrick Air Force Base with Marine One in the background. Nixon arrived with his wife and his daughter, Patricia "Tricia" Nixon (1946-), to watch the launch of Apollo 12 on November 14, 1969. Apollo 12 was the second mission which landed men on the moon and the first to bring a color television camera to the lunar surface, but transmission was lost after Bean accidently destroyed the camera by pointing it at the Sun. The mission crew was composed of Mission Commander Pete Conrad (1930-1999)
Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon, Jr. (1929-)
and Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean (1932-). The mission gathered samples, deployed equipment to perform experiments, and retrieved parts of the Surveyor 3 lander probe, which had been on the Moon's surface since April 20, 1967. The significance of the recovery of Surveyor III parts allowed scientist to examine the long term effects of the lunar environment on spacecraft.
Source
Original color photographic print, November 14, 1969: Leonard Pugh Collection.
Date Created
1969-11-14
Contributor
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original color photographic print, November 14, 1969.
Is Part Of
Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
241 KB
Medium
1 color photographic print
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Patrick Air Force Base, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Leonard Pugh and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Curator
Michlowitz, Robert
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
External Reference
Harland, David M. Apollo 12-- On the Ocean of Storms. New York: Springer, 2011.
"Apollo 12." National Aeronautics and Space Administration. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo12.html#.VjJKDberTGg.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 color photographic print
Collection
Citation
“President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon at Patrick Air Force Base,” RICHES, accessed December 31, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5917.