Context for todays Public Affairs issues. 1976,rs ago, on july 1, president gerald ford spoke at the opening of the Smithsonians National air and space museum in washington dc. Leading up to the anniversary, reel america is showcasing a series of nasa films. Up next, science reporter suited for space. Half hour nasa tv program, one of 13 produced with m. I. T. And wgbh boston. This episode traces the development of spacesuits, beginning with the Mercury Program and looking at a live support system prototype needed for the apollo moon missions. In less than five years, an astronaut will be stepping out on the moon to conduct mans first real exploration of our oldest satellite. It will have been a long voyage, carrying him far from his native land by effort into a strange native land, planet earth, to a strange and airless world. To survive, he must carry with him a bit of his familiar environment. Engineers are designing a spacesuit that will support astronauts on a roundtrip lunar miss
We copy you, eagle. Houston, the eagle has landed. Roger, tranquility. We copy on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We are breathing again. Thanks a lot. Picture onetting a the tv. There is a great deal of contrast in it, and currently, it is upside down on our monitor, but we can make out a fair amount of detail. Ok. We can see you coming down the ladder now. Sunday, july 20, 1969, around the world, nearly a billion people watched this moment on television as the first man from earth repaired to set foot on the moon. I am at the foot of the ladder. Footpaths are only depressed in the service about one or two w inches, although the service appears to be very dry, very, very finegrained as you get close to it. It is almost like a powder. Down there, it is very fine. Lmm going to step off the now. Man, one small step for one giant leap for mankind. I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on t
Landed. Roger, tranquility. We copy on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We are breathing again. Thanks a lot. We are getting a picture on the tv. There is a great deal of contrast in it, and currently, it is upside down on our monitor, but we can make out a fair amount of detail. Ok. We can see you coming down the ladder now. Sunday, july 20, 1969, around the world, nearly a billion people watched this moment on television as the first man from earth repaired to set foot on the moon. I am at the foot of the ladder. The lm footpaths are only depressed in the service about one or two inches, although the service appears to be very dry, very, very finegrained as you get close to it. It is almost like a powder. Down there, it is very fine. I am going to step off the lm now. Thats one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returni
Programming on American History every weekend on cspan3. Follow us on twitter for information on our schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. Welcome to lafayette and West Lafayette, indiana, located on the wabash river. West lafayette is home to Purdue University. With the help of our Comcast Cable partners, over the next hour and 45 minutes, we will look at the history of the cities. Learn about William Henry harrison and the battle of tippecanoe. It was cold and rainy, it was early november. The troops were low on provisions. They had limited manpower and equipment. Harrison complained about his shortage of axis and their poor quality in the building of Fort Harrison on the way up. He had the troops build bonfires to keep them warm and ward off the rainfall, but had them sleep in battle conditions fully dressed on their weapons. Videoer, visit cspans archives which houses over 200,000 hours of Public Affairs programming. The archives started as an id
They explore lincolns expansion of president ial war powers in his relationship with both democratic and republican newspapers, and the impact of the soldiers vote. 6 00 p. M. Andt at 10 00 p. M. Eastern time on cspan3. This year, cspan is touring cities across the country exploring American History. Next, look at our recent visit to lafayette and West Lafayette indiana. Youre watching American History tv all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. May we continue coming down the ladder now . I am at the foot of the ladder. The foot beds are only depressed in the surface one or two inches. Im going to step off now. That is one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind. Dear mr. Armstrong, it is with great pleasure to inform you you have been selected for assignment to the manned Space Program to participate in astronaut training to be coordinated with the Personnel Office of the Flight Research center. It is dated 1962. Skipping along we are in the special collections at purdue library.