NASA: From the Earth to the Moon @ Wednesday 16 July, 12.30pm

with

Kerrie Dougherty, Curator, Space Technology

 

On July 16, 1958, the US Congress passed the bill that would authorise
the creation of NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
America's space agency. Exactly 11 years later, Apollo 11, the first
crewed lunar landing mission, would lift-off on its historic voyage to
the Moon. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of NASA, this talk will
outline the creation of the space agency, its early space programs and
its response to President Kennedy's 1961 challenge to "land a man on the
Moon before this decade is out", which resulted in the Apollo lunar
program. This presentation is the first in a series of talks over the
next 12 months, outlining the development of the Apollo program, that
will culminate in July 2009 with the celebration of the 40th anniversary
of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.

These talks are part of the Powerhouse Museum Talks After Noon program.
For full program go to http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/whatson/