Astronauts from 1969 moon landing re-visits White House (45 years later)

from the e-newsletter "The Note" (ABC News): Legendary moonwalker Buzz Aldrin may have been "out of town" when the world celebrated Apollo 11's lunar landing, but he marked the anniversary yesterday (July 22, 2014) with a presidential handshake and a meeting in the Oval Office - the same spot from whence President Nixon made that famous interplanetary telephone call to the moon 45 years ago, notes ABC's ERIN DOOLEY. Obama met in the Oval Office with astronauts Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, and Carol Armstrong, the widow of Neil Armstrong, who died in 2012. Nixon called the date July 20, 1969 - the day Aldrin, 39, and Neil Armstrong, 38, stepped off the Apollo 11 lunar module and onto the moon - the "proudest day of our lives." Four months later - following a 21-day quarantine procedure designed to shield Earth from possible lunar pathogens and a 24-country "good will tour" meant to demonstrate the United States' willingness to share its lunar expertise - the Apollo 11 team (also Michael Collins, who orbited the moon) visited then-President Nixon at the White House. FURTHER DETAILS at USA TODAY story: http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/07/22/obama-apollo-11-crew-visit/12990241/