It is truly a trillion to see Space Diplomacy a topic, near and dear to me, draw so much of a crowd. Thank you for joining us. Im the historian of Science And Technology and a curator at the smithsonian national Air And Space museum for the apollo spacecraft collection. 50 years ago this week, the apollo 11 crew fulfilled president kennedys call to land humans on the moon within a decade and return them safely back to earth. And i hope youve been celebrating all week. A greater percentage of Earths Population followed their flight than any previous event in history. Atheir flight they toured 20 countries on every continent. President nixon declared them best Ambassadors America could have on this earth. Today were looking back and asking what was the political and foreign Relations Significance of the Apollo Program . And what is its enduring legacy . Were also going to look forward, questioning how Apollo Air and Space Diplomacy should inform Foreign Relations today. So very shortly,
American History Tv continues now. Watch more online any time at cspan. Org history. Well, welcome. It is truly a trillion to see Space Diplomacy a topic, near and dear to me, draw so much of a crowd. Thank you for joining us. Im the historian of Science And Technology and a curator at the smithsonian national Air And Space museum for the apollo spacecraft collection. 50 years ago this week, the apollo 11 crew fulfilled president kennedys call to land humans on the moon within a decade and return them safely back to earth. And i hope youve been celebrating all week. A greater percentage of Earths Population followed their flight than any previous event in history. Atheir flight they toured 20 countries on every continent. President nixon declared them best Ambassadors America could have on this earth. Today were looking back and asking what was the political and foreign Relations Significance of the Apollo Program . And what is its enduring legacy . Were also going to look forward, que
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