Extremely desirable program from the "Salute to the Apollo 11 Team" dinner held at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas, on August 12, 1969, two pages, 5.5 x 8, signed on the back cover in ballpoint, "Neil Armstrong" and "M. Collins," and in black felt tip, "Buzz Aldrin." The autograph section is also signed by first American astronaut Alan Shepard and NASA's first Chief of the Astronaut Office, Deke Slayton. In fine condition. After three weeks in confinement—in the Apollo spacecraft, on a USS Hornet trailer, and then in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory—the crew of Apollo 11 were finally allowed to leave quarantine on August 10, 1969. A day after attending this luncheon at the Rice Hotel, the crew were honored with a massive ticker-tape parade in New York City before embarking on their famous 45-day 'Giant Leap' tour. A stupendous multi-signed program featuring a uniquely significant quintet of space exploration pioneers.
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