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SpaceX Engineer Talks the Coming Space Age
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...
Space Travel Expert Talks the Lives of the Apollo 11 Astronauts
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...
Former AT&T Official Tells Behind-the-Scenes Story of How Moon Landing was Televised
Douglas Paul was plant manager at AT&T in New York, overseeing network engineers receiving and sending transmissions from NASA on the day of the moon landing. July 22, 2019 Yorba Linda (Nixon Library) - Douglas Paul witnessed the moon landing before billions did...
An Insider Recounts Watching the Moon Landing at the White House
The author of this article is seated at the head of the table in the White House Cabinet Room. By John R. Price “The lift-off was beautiful. The power of the engines is staggering, and seconds after one first sees the flame exploding off to both sides of the rocket...
Exclusive Advance Excerpt: “After the Fall” by Kasey Pipes
Kasey S. Pipes, former advisor to President George W. Bush, has written a fascinating new book about President Nixon’s post-Watergate years relying heavily on private post-presidential documents at the Nixon Library. The book, After the Fall: The Remarkable Comeback...
The Fiftieth Anniversary of Warren Burger’s Appointment as Chief Justice
By Jeffrey B. Morris Warren Burger was appointed Chief Justice during a tumultuous time. 1968, a year of assassinations and riots had just passed. In May 1969, almost all American institutions were under attack, casualties of the Vietnam War and a decade of racial...
Event Recap: Speaker Newt Gingrich at the Nixon Library
Over 700 people visited the Nixon Library Monday to hear from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on the latest out of D.C., the 2020 election, and his newly released novel "Collusion". The Speaker also reflected on the lasting impact of President Nixon on our...