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Nixon was president for all six human missions to the moon, including the first, which astronauts marked by leaving the plaque above the moon's surface. So even though Nixon merely inherited the Apollo program just months before the first moon landing — and, of course, would later end his presidency in disgrace (ranking second to last on Vox's ultimate semi-arbitrary ranking of American presidents) — he's the only president who got his signature on the moon.
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Nixon was president for all six human missions to the moon, including the first, which astronauts marked by leaving the plaque above the moon's surface. So even though Nixon merely inherited the Apollo program just months before the first moon landing — and, of course, would later end his presidency in disgrace (ranking second to last on Vox's ultimate semi-arbitrary ranking of American presidents) — he's the only president who got his signature on the moon.