First Day Cover of the Apollo 11 First Manned Flight to the Moon.
"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." - Pres. John F Kennedy
DSIF-51, South Africa wasn't directly involved in manned space flights but played a major role in all unmanned probes to the Moon and beyond.
Apollo 11 landed at 22:17 SAT on July 20 1959 with about 25 seconds of fuel left.
Ciskei Block of the Planets.
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