C3252-20a

C3252-20a

President Lyndon B. Johnson, West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard and others view the Saturn-Apollo 500F rocket at Cape Kennedy.

9/27/1966

Yoichi Okamoto

President Lyndon B. Johnson and West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard visit NASA facilities at Cape Kennedy, Florida

NASA facilities, Cape Kennedy, Florida

More than 110 American and German press representatives covered the President and Chancellor's trip to Cape Kennedy. The President, Chancellor and others were given a tour of NASA facilities by NASA Administrator James E. Webb. The President's party viewed several launch complexes on a motor tour through NASA facilities. After the tour, the President made a speech with ended with the line: "The earth moves on, and the heavens wait." The President's motorcade then proceeded to Pad A, went up an elevator, and inspected the 500 F.