Doug Oard

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1969: NASA announces that the Electronics Research Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts would be closed as a cost-saving measure. #ApolloAt50

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1969: Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean is grounded for 30 days for violations of aircraft flight rules. #ApolloAt50

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1969: The Apollo 12 astronauts join President Nixon for dinner at the White House. #ApolloAt50

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1969: NASA establishes the Apollo Orbital Science Photographic Team to plan photography of the Moon from lunar orbit on the remaining Apollo missions. #ApolloAt50

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1969: The Saturn V for Apollo 13 is moved to Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. #ApolloAt50

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1969: The Apollo 12 astronauts hold a press conference at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. #ApolloAt50

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1969: George Mueller leaves NASA to become a Vice President at General Dynamics, a defense contractor. He is replaced as Acting Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight by Charles Matthews. #ApolloAt50

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1669: The Apollo 12 astronauts are released from quarantine, one day earlier than planned. #ApolloAt50

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1969: The Manned Spacecraft Center announces that based on pictures taken during Apollo 12 and the improved landing accuracy demonstrated by Apollo 12 the landing site for Apollo 13 has been confirmed as the Fra Mauro formation on the Moon. #ApolloAt50

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1969: The Apollo 13 CSM and LM are moved to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. #ApolloAt50

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1969: George Low becomes Deputy Administrator of NASA. #ApolloAt50

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1969: President Nixon nominates Apollo 11 astronaut Mike Collins as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. Collins had previously turned down an offer to serve as backup commander for Apollo 14. #ApolloAt50

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1969: The Apollo 12 Command Module arrives at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory in Houston. #ApolloAt50

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1969: A district court dismisses a lawsuit against NASA in which the plaintiffs had claimed that reading of prayers during American space flights violated the constitutional separation between church and state. #ApolloAt50

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1969: The Apollo 11 astronauts begin a two-day visit to Canada. #ApolloAt50

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1969: Eleven scientists are placed in quarantine after having been accidentally exposed to lunar samples from the Apollo 12 mission. #ApolloAt50

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1969: The Apollo 12 astronauts, still in the Mobile Quarantine Facility, arrive at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory in Houston. #ApolloAt50

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1969: The Apollo 12 astronauts arrive at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii inside the Mobile Quarantine Facility. #ApolloAt50

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1969: NASA releases the first photographs and motion picture film from the Apollo 12 mission. #ApolloAt50

[Doug Oard @ApolloProf]

1969: President Nixon signs the Fiscal Year 1970 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, which appropriates $3.7 Billion for NASA. #ApolloAt50