I was working as a flight director on the Gemini IX mission, and it seemed almost overnight I was picking up the… — Gene Kranz Copy Share Image
Kennedy had made a mess in Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. He had to do something to look good. The Apollo… — Wally Schirra Copy Share Image
I cycled on a crew assignment as the backup commander on Apollo 16 and would have flown Apollo 19 on a return… — Fred Haise Copy Share Image
I guess those of us who have been with NASA kind of understand the tremendous excitement and thrills and celebrations and national… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
If the United States commits to the goal of reaching Mars, it will almost certainly do so in reaction to the progress… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The Apollo program certainly had no real commercial value. It was done for very different reasons and, I think, very good reasons… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I grew up watching a lot of the coverage of the early U.S. space program, all the way back starting with Mercury… — Linda M. Godwin Copy Share Image
Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television,… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
In less than 70 hours, three astronauts will be launched on the flight of Apollo 8 from the Cape Kennedy Space Center… — Jerome F. Lederer Copy Share Image
As a youngster, I read of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. As a student, I wrote English reports on science fiction. And… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
“The scope and audacity of John Kennedy’s May 25, 1961, message to a joint session of Congress on “Urgent National Needs”—the speech… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“There was a vague feeling within the agency (though with several notable exceptions) that direct ascent would eventually be the answer, but… — Courtney G. Brooks, James M. Grimwood, Loyd S. Swenson Copy Share Image
There's no doubt who was a leader in space after the Apollo Program. Nobody came close to us. And our education system,… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
