News tagged with president john f kennedy
Doc Draper in space
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy laid out a vision for "landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth." Six months later, Charles Stark Draper responded to that call, volunteering his ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 31, 2011 |
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JFK's 1961 speech led space exploration to new heights
Fifty years ago, on May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy told a joint session of Congress that "this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the ...
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May 25, 2011 |
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New tape: JFK fretted moon program was tough sell
After setting a soaring vision to land a man on the moon, President John F. Kennedy struggled with how to sell the public on a costly space program he worried had "lost its glamour" and had scant political benefits, according ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 25, 2011 |
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US marks 50 years since second human spaceflight
Three weeks after the world marked 50 years since Russia's Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel in space, the United States is honoring the American who followed him, Alan Shepard.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 05, 2011 |
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JFK's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88
(AP) -- President John F. Kennedy's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family's public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, ...
Aug 11, 2009 |
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