Item 0220 - American Astronauts Visit United Nations Headquarters

• 1969-08-13 (Produção)

United Nations, New York, 13 August 1969
American Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Col. Edwin Aldrin, Jr. and Col. Michael Collins of Apollo 11, the first men to land on the moon, visited the United Nations today where they attended a ceremony in their honour at the north Plaza of the United Nations General Assembly Building.

Secretary-General U Thant delivering an address honouring the astronauts. Left to right: the three astronauts Col. Michael Collins, Col. Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., and Neil A. Armstrong; 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.

• United Nations
• Space Travel

• United States of America » New York, USA

• The Times of Ceylon Press (Produtor)