One of the world’s most well-known and undoubtedly most traveled logos is 65 years old. Since its announcement on July 15, 1959, the emblem representing NASA, or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has graced T-shirts and spacesuits, been reproduced 10 stories high, and reached the surfaces of both the Moon and Mars. The red,… Read More »
Social Media publications claim that Walt Disney and four others, including occult practitioners and a former Nazi party member, were the “founders” of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This is misleading; While two of the individuals on the list were scientists involved in rocket development (one of whom played a key role in… Read More »
Editor’s Note: Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in the Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University. He is the author of the book “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race.” CNN’s Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: Last Flight” reveals the events that ultimately led to the disaster. The… Read More »
Editor’s Note: Douglas Brinkley Katherine Tsanoff Brown is Chair of the Humanities Department and Professor of History at Rice University. She is the author of the book “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race.” CNN’s Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: Last Flight” reveals the events that ultimately led to the disaster. The… Read More »