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July 16th, 1969
On this day in 1969, Johnson attended the launching of Apollo 11 at Cape Kennedy, Florida. The successful moon landing fulfilled the goal expressed in Johnson’s April 28, 1961 memorandum to President Kennedy that it was feasible to send a man to the moon and back. Apollo 11 carried astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the moon and safely back to earth.