Il presidente coglie l’occasione per conferire la più alta onorificenza della NASA, la Distinguished Service Medal, a James Webb, recentemente ritiratosi dal ruolo di Administrator (direttore generale) dell’ente spaziale statunitense.
Walter M. Schirra, Donn F. Eisele, and R. Walter Cunningham received NASA Exceptional Service Medals today for Apollo 7 from President Lyndon B. Johnson at his ranch in Stonewall, Texas. The astronauts signed their names in concrete.#Apollo7#Apollo50 pic.twitter.com/CaGc0RwHP7— Apollo 50th (@apollo_50th) 2 novembre 2018
#OTD in 1968 an Apollo 7 post-flight press conference took place at President Johnson's ranch in Texas. The president took the opportunity to present James Webb, @NASA's recently retired administrator, with the agency's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal. #Apollo50 pic.twitter.com/YPx0zPGb2x— NASA History Office (@NASAhistory) 2 novembre 2018