![]() ![]() History was also made when the two astronauts received an interplanetary congratulatory phone call from President Nixon, the longest distance phone call ever made, on Jat 11:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time. NASA achieved what many thought impossible, landing humans on the Moon and bringing them safely back to Earth, ultimately winning the Space Race during the Cold War. Photographs Courtesy of the Richard Nixon Foundation. ![]() American astronaut Neil Armstrong uttered his famous phrase, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Armstrong and fellow astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin planted the American flag into the surface of the Moon, and the United States reigned victorious.Īstronaut Buzz Aldrin re-creates his moonwalk at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on June 12, 2013. During the Nixon administration, eight years after the program began, on July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 space mission touched down on the surface of the Moon. ![]() In a joint message to Congress on May 25, 1961, Kennedy stated, “I believe the nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth." Lyndon Johnson's administration continued to support increased agency funding, reaching an all-time high of 4.4% of the national budget in 1966. NASA, and its creation of the Apollo Program in 1961, thrived due to support and generous government funding from President John F. “Symbols of NASA,” NASA, last modified September 30, 2019, The "meatball" was resurrected in 1992 and is the most recognized symbol of the organization. ![]() Symbols of NASA-Designed in 1959, the "meatball" as it is affectionately called, was the agency's logo for 16 years until it was replaced in 1975 by the more modern looking "worm" design. The space race has evolved from competition between two powerful nations with warring ideologies to private companies and billionaire entrepreneurs vying for customers in the realm of space tourism in the final frontier. Privatized space exploration, pioneered by Richard Branson of Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, is now dominating a domain once solely reserved for government agencies. A decade of “effort, expertise and coordination” helped propel the United States of America to victory in the “Space Race.” Ten years of planning and persistence culminated in all six lunar landings occurring during Richard Nixon’s presidency.Īmerican lunar landings ended in 1972, but the advancement of space travel and exploration continues with NASA’s Artemis Program aiming to land on the moon once again in 2024. The space race would be "another dramatic arena for this competition, as each side sought to prove the superiority of its technology, its military firepower and–by extension–its political-economic system.” Richard Nixon, elected into office in November 1968, inherited the Cold War and the tensions associated with it, both on earth and in space. Its mission was to coordinate the United States’ advancement in space and its context was direct competition between the two greatest antagonists of the Cold War: the United States and the Soviet Union. President Dwight Eisenhower created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on July 29, 1958. Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives and Records Administration, Prop 1148, P.2015.6 Replicas of the Apollo 11 Space Suit and the Apollo 16 EMU Space Suit. The Evolution of Space Travel: Then and Now The Education and Public Programs Team at the Nixon Library is pleased to remind you that the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) continues to be an excellent source for entertaining and historical content! Simply follow the links below for additional information. ![]()
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