"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space."
-President Kennedy, Address to Congress on Urgent National Needs, May 25, 1961
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Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
President Richard Nixon was the first president to speak to an astronaut on the moon, On July 20, 1969 , to the Apollo 11 astronauts. Neil Armstrong was the man on the moon.
Richard M. Nixon
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Richard Nixon spoke with the Apollo 11 crew while they were on the lunar surface, he was president at the time. Apollo 11 was the first manned lunar landing, making then-President Nixon the first president to talk to a man on the moon.
Nixon was the one who talked to the astronauts who had landed on the moon for the first time.
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President Richard M. Nixon talked to Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the first two people to walk on the Moon, on July 20, 1969.
Richard M. Nixon, during the Apollo 11 moonwalk. He was the ONLY president to speak with the astronauts while they were on the moon, actually.