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foundations which were laid by Webb, Paine had the honor of serving 

 as NASA Administrator when the giant leap for mankind was recorded 

 on July 20, 1969. 



Well over 200 House and Senate Members, 19 Governors, 60 

 Ambassadors, countless mayors, about one million visitors, plus millions 

 more television viewers throughout the world watched in awe on the 

 morning of July 16, 1969, as Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins success- 

 fully were launched moonward from pad 39-A at Kennedy Space 

 Center. Once the astronauts had successfully landed on the Moon and 

 returned to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, Bob Gilruth, 

 the Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, took time 

 out to send a little note to his old friend, Tiger Teague: 



Through all the stress and turmoil, the good days and the tough ones, you have 

 stood with us — a tower of strength and an inspiration. 

 My friend, I salute you! 



Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Gilruth greet Congressman Teague on one of his many visits to 

 the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Tex. 



