And Recognition for the Space Race goes to…
By Marshall Garvey When the history of the U.S. space program is recounted, most people tend to give the lion’s share of credit for its success to Presidents John F. […]
Buzz Aldrin Talks Mission to Mars
[youtube https://youtu.be/PDfxXZfvBDs] June 11, 2013: The second man on the moon and author of “Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration.”
Forty Years After The Last Moon Walk, Time To Go Again?
Four decades ago this month, at about 12:40 AM EST on December 14, 1972, that Capt. Eugene Cernan, USN, lifted his foot up from the airless, age-old surface of the […]
Alaska Finds Its Missing Moon Rocks
US News & World Report is reporting that the Alaska Transportation Museum has reclaimed a display of moon rocks that went missing after an arson fire in 1973. These moon […]
Neil Armstrong At Rest
Today, exactly three weeks after his death, the cremated remains of Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, were laid to rest somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean […]
Neil Armstrong And The “Silent Generation”
At the beginning of this month, in the lists of celebrity birthdays online and in the newspaper, one would see that on the fifth, “astronaut Neil Armstrong is 82” – […]
8.13.1969 – Honoring the Astronauts
On August 13, 1969, President and Mrs. Nixon hosted a huge state dinner at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles to honor the Apollo 11 astronauts on their safe […]
Conquering New Frontiers
In the July of 1969, President Nixon, along with the entire nation, watched as a promise made eight years earlier by President Kennedy—to put a man on the Moon—was finally […]
7.20.1969 – The Sea of Tranquility
On July 20, 1969, President Nixon made a historic phone to the Apollo XI astronauts, just after they made the “giant leap for mankind.” Hello, Neil and Buzz. I’m talking […]
Tricia Nixon Cox and Family Visit with Astronauts
President Nixon’s daughter Tricia Nixon Cox and her family visited with House Speaker John Boehner, and the four astronauts who pioneered space travel Wednesday. After the meeting in the Speaker’s […]
