Apollo Lunar Display

Apollo Lunar Display

In 1969, as requested by Richard Nixon, NASA made 250 display plaques for 135 nations, 50 States in the USA, and the United Nations. Flags from all the countries and states were flown onboard Apollo 11 to the moon and back, which were then gifted to each respective state and nation along with fragments of a lunar sample.

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