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...
Oct 20, 2016 | News, Space
The Space Race demonstrated that the United States and Soviet Union could partake in peaceful competition and cooperation From Sputnik to the lunar landings, the Space Race represented one of the more electrifying aspects of the Cold War: the United States and the...
Apr 11, 2016 | News, Space
Apollo 13 lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida as an audience watches. On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13—manned by Commander James A. Lovell, Command Module pilot John L. Swigert, and Lunar Module pilot Fred W. Haise– launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape...
