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Apollo 11: The World Watches

The Moment Arrives

The Moment Arrives

Vice President Spiro T. Agnew (right), and Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson watch the launch of Apollo 11. In an era when America seemed to be splitting apart at the seams over the war in Vietnam, racial unrest, and countless other issues, the sheer audacity of sending human beings into space to walk on the moon galvanized the nation. "If we can do this," the Apollo mission seemed to suggest, "surely we can get together to resolve our earthly worries."

In this photo: Spiro Agnew, Lyndon Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson

Photo: John Olson/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Jan 01, 1969
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