Podcast: James Donovan on the Space Race and the Apollo Moon Landing
Charles M. Duke Jr/Associated Press James Donovan is author of “Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11” On this edition of the Nixon […]
The Dawn of the Space Shuttle
Endowed with the stunning success of the Apollo program, yet faced with the exorbitant costs of NASA, President Nixon considered a space policy shift in the second year of […]
The Space Race and Peaceful Competition
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 […]
Behind the Scenes of Apollo 13
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 […]
The Nixon Space Doctrine
President Nixon with Apollo 11 astronauts, left to right, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, through the window of the Mobile Quarantine Facility aboard the USS Hornet. (July 24, […]
Nixon Takes the World to the Great Beyond
President Nixon and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin sign the Cooperation in Space Agreement on May 24, 1972 With the end of the Apollo space program in sight two years into […]
7.28.1973 – Skylab 3 Mission Commences
It appeared that manned space flight was in its golden age during the Nixon presidency, as all but three manned space flights of the Apollo program were completed during President […]
Another Lunar Anniversary
July 20th was the forty-fifth anniversary of the very first moon landing, but this milestone was only a small part of the extensive success of the Apollo program, most of which […]
One Month, Two Journeys, and What People Said About Them
This month marks the anniversaries of two of the greatest events of President Nixon’s first administration. 43 years before this July 15th, President Nixon announced his intention to visit China […]
Honoring the Apollo 11 Mission
Apollo XI aims skyward into the realm of heavens, July 16 1969. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mt9znatmyQ] Apollo 11 Launch Following the successful Translunar Injection of Apollo 11 as it exited Earth’s orbit, […]
