List of National Geographic cover stories (1959 and 1960s)

National Geographic is an American magazine that is noted for its cover stories and accompanying photography.

[6][4] Throughout the 1960s National Geographic's cover stories showcased global historical events such as the one hundredth Anniversary of the Unification of Italy[7] and America's involvement in the Vietnam War.

[8][9] Cover stories included articles written by notable writers such as Jacques Cousteau,[10] Dwight D. Eisenhower,[11] Jane Goodall[12] and Melville Bell Grosvenor.

[16] The 1960s saw articles written and photographed at locations around the globe featuring wildlife like the March 1967 issue titled "Snowflake, the World's First White Gorilla", written by Arthur J. Riopelle with a photo on the cover of Snowflake the gorilla,[17] photographed by Paul A.

The photo on the cover of the magazine featured a picture taken from space by Armstrong, that of Aldrin in a spacesuit on the surface of the Moon.