Aug 1, 2019 | News, Uncategorized
Over 700 people blasted-off from the from the steps of the Nixon Library for a 5K race that kicked off an all-day celebration of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s launch. Racers and several thousand guests, who were dressed for the occasion in space themed...
Jul 30, 2019 | Foundation News, Post-Presidential Years
Historian and presidential speechwriter Kasey Pipes gives a talk in the Nixon Library’s East Room on July 29, 2019 about his book, “After the Fall: The Remarkable Comeback of Richard Nixon.” July 30, 2019 In the last 20 years of his life, President...
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...
Jul 22, 2019 | News, Space
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...
Jul 20, 2019 | News, Space
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...
Jul 16, 2019 | Foreign Policy, Foundation News
During a tour of the Nixon Library, Richard Grenell, U.S. Ambassador to Germany, observed a piece of the Berlin Wall and a life-size statue of former German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. (Richard Nixon Foundation) President Trump’s Man in Berlin Reflects on the Nixon...
