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Steve Bales

Steve Bales, wearing a NASA jacket with an American flag patch, sits in a professional setting, exuding a sense of authority and expertise.

NASA flight controller, twenty-six years old during Apollo 11, responsible for monitoring the lunar module's guidance computer from Mission Control. When the 1202 and 1201 program alarms fired during the descent on 20 July 1969, Bales called go within seconds, allowing the landing to continue. President Nixon later awarded him the Medal of Freedom on behalf of the Mission Control team.

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