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Doug Oard

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

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

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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