Sep 26, 20261 min read
Nixon called the Moon from the Oval Office during Apollo 11 moonwalk
President Nixon spoke to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from the White House while they walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Apollo 11 astronauts were walking on the Moon when President Nixon called them from the White House. He spoke to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon.
The most historic phone call
Nixon called it the most historic phone call ever made. The call came from the Oval Office on July 20, 1969.
White House to Moon
The White House spoke to the Moon that night. The conversation connected Earth to two men standing on the lunar surface, a technological achievement that matched the historic nature of the moonwalk itself.
