Robert Thompson (left), Manager of the Space Shuttle Office, shows President Nixon (right) a model prototype for the space shuttle during a tour of the Johnson Space Flight Center, March 20, 1974. Photo courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) Archives II facility in College Park, Maryland, Nixon Presidential Materials, Still Photo Collection #E2474-10.

Glynn Lunney (left), Technical Director of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, shows President Nixon (right) a model of the Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft docked during a tour of the Johnson Space Flight Center, March 20, 1974. Dr. James C. Fletcher (middle), Administrator of NASA, watches from the background. Photo courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) Archives II facility in College Park, Maryland, Nixon Presidential Materials, Still Photo Collection #E2469-18.

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