Aug 19, 2019 | Nixon Now Podcast, Space
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin in discussion with Hugh Hewitt in the Nixon Library East Room on July 23, 2019, as part of ceremonies commemorating the 50th anniversary of the astronauts’ return to Earth. (Nixon Foundation) Buzz Aldrin discussed his formative...
Aug 14, 2019 | Foundation News, Space
(Left to right) Hugh Hewitt, John Price, Larry Higby, Dwight Chapin and Alex Eisenhower discussed the White House events behind the moon landing. (Richard Nixon Foundation) YORBA LINDA – President Nixon not only viewed America’s moon shot as a Cold War victory,...
Jul 24, 2019 | Foundation News, Space
Buzz Aldrin received “The Greatest Comeback Award” at a Nixon Library dinner in his honor. (Left to right) Hugh Hewitt, Ambassador Robert O’Brien, Lisa Argyros, and Aldrin. The Nixon Foundation presented Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin with its...
Jul 23, 2019 | News, Space
Jason Silverman is a life support systems engineer at SpaceX. Since 1972, no man has returned to the moon, and progress in exploring new frontiers has moved at an undemanding pace. So why hasn’t America unified behind a large scale space program like Apollo in the...
Jul 22, 2019 | News, Space
Francis French is an author and expert on space travel. (Richard Nixon Foundation) July 22, 2019 Yorba Linda (Nixon Library) – Between the short interval of four years — 1968 to 1972 — twenty-four astronauts had traveled on missions to the moon. What made these...
