Episodes Tagged with "Nixon"

Nov 6

50th Anniversary Special – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #224 – Apollo 11 – Moonwalk – Part 2 – One Priceless Moment

Posted on November 6, 2019

“For one priceless moment, in the whole history of man, all the people on this earth are truly one. One in their pride in what you have done. And one in our prayers that you will return safely to earth” President Nixon.

Tagged:Aldrin, Apollo 11, Armstrong, Mccandless, Nixon

Oct 5

Space Rocket History #179 – Apollo 9 – The Launch

Posted on October 5, 2016

For the 19th flight of American astronauts into space, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, representing the new administration of Richard Nixon, sat in the firing control room viewing area on March 3rd, 1969. He and other guests listened to the countdown ...

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Tagged:Agnew, Apollo 12, Apollo 15, Apollo 9, Astronaut Group 3, Dave Scott, David Scott, Deke Slayton, Gemini 4, Gemini 8, James Mcdivitt, Jim Mcdivitt, Mit, Nasa, Neil Armstrong, Nixon, Russell Schweickart, Rusty Schweickart, Walter Cronkite, West Point, Williams Air Force Base

Sep 20

Space Rocket History #224 – Apollo 11 – Moonwalk – Part 2 – One Priceless Moment

Posted on September 20, 2017

Support Hurricane Harvey and Irma victims through the Red Cross. “For one priceless moment, in the whole history of man, all the people on this earth are truly one. One in their pride in what you have done. And one in our prayers that you will retur...

‘s boot during soil mechanics test a.k.a. how the most iconic photo of the Moon landing was made

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Tagged:Aldrin, Apollo 11, Armstrong, Mccandless, Nixon

Dec 26

Space Rocket History #283 – Apollo 13 – Encouragement from the President

Posted on December 26, 2018

In the White House, President Nixon was very concerned for the Apollo 13 crew. Since Apollo 8’s successful lunar orbit, just one month before his inauguration, Nixon had developed a fascination with moon flight and a special admiration for the crew o...

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Tagged:Haise, Jack Swigert, Lovell, Marilyn Lovell, Nixon, Vance Brand

Aug 16

Space Rocket History #445 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – A Kind Invitation

Posted on August 16, 2024

In 1969, NASA Administrator Thomas O. Paine saw an opportunity for a paradigm shift in Soviet-American space relations. Given the United States’ clear lead in the race to the moon, he believed an offer of cooperation would not jeopardize the US luna...

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Tagged:Apollo Soyuz, Arnold Frutkin, Astp, Blagonravov, Caldwell Johnson, Chuck Mathews, Dale Myers, Feoktistov, George Hardy, George Low, Glynn Lunney, Keldysh, Nixon, Office Of Manned Space Flight, Petrov, Philip Culbertson, Robert Gilruth, Thomas Paine, Willard Taub, William C Schneider

Nov 22

Space Rocket History #452 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Full Speed Ahead

Posted on November 22, 2024

In April of 1972, George Low returned to Washington from Moscow and briefed Henry Kissinger. He conveyed NASA’s assessment that a joint space mission in 1975 was feasible.

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Tagged:Apollo Soyuz, Astp, Berglund, Bushuyev, Caldwell Johnson, Chet Lee, Csm 111, Dale Myers, Docking Module, Gene Cernan, George Low, Glynn Lunney, James Fletcher, Kosygin, Nixon, Owen Morris, Petrov, Robert Gilruth, Rocco Petrone, Syromyatnikov