On July 20, 1969, the world held its breath as astronauts from the United States did something that would have been thought almost unimaginable only a few years earlier: putting a person on the moon – and beating the Soviets in the ‘space race’.But the pathway to the first moon landing ran through Texas, and the marks of that journey left deep and lasting impressions on more than the lunar surface, but on the Lone Star State as well.
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Manned Spaceflight Finds A Home In Houston
NASA’s 1,620 acre Manned Spacecraft Center was the heart of it, but 100 aerospace companies, thousands of engineers, and even more thousands of families and businesses turned a Texas oil town into Space City.
Why Apollo 11 Wouldn’t Have Happened Without Lyndon Johnson
“We will not abandon our dream. We will never evacuate the frontiers of space to any other nation.”
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Reaching For The Moon: A Journey Of Triumph And Tragedy
NASA’s Gemini space flights, and the early Apollo missions, laid the groundwork for man’s first steps on the moon.
How Space Exploration Provided A New Career Path For Women
Though woman played many roles in the Apollo program, people were generally unaware that the Johnson Spaceflight Center team included female engineers and mathematicians.
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The Moon Landing, The Children Of Apollo And The Next Space Generation
“It’s no accident that Elon Musk is going to Mars, or Jeff Bezos is doing what he’s doing. They were influenced by seeing [Apollo]; that’s where it all comes from.”
