American Astronauts Visit United Nations Headquarters
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13-Aug-1969
00:07:57
American astronauts Neil Armstrong, Col. Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. and Col. Michael Collins of Apollo 11, the first men to land on the moon, visit the United Nations where they attend a ceremony in their honour at the north Plaza of the United Nations General Assembly Building.
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Secretary-General U Thant delivers an address honouring the astronauts. Left to right: the three astronauts Col. Michael Collins, Col. Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., and Neil A. Armstong; New York Mayor John V. Lindsay; U Thant, Ambassador Jaime de Pinies (Spain), President of the Security Council for this month; and Ambassador Charles W. Yost, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations.
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UN Photo/J Grinde
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1032210
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2109229