DEFAERO Spotlight: 61st Anniversary of NASA
On July 29th, 1958, Congress passed and President Eisenhower signed into law the National Aeronautics…
Apollo 11
US Space & Rocket Center’s Vick on Apollo 12 Mobile Quarantine Facility
Joseph Vick, the manager of museum education at the US Space & Rocket Center, discusses the Mobile Quarantine Facility used by Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad, Al Bean and Dick Gordon after their mission to the Moon with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Huntsville, Ala. The three spent two weeks in the modified Airstream trailer to ensure that potential diseases from the lunar surface didn’t contaminate planet Earth. Apollo missions 11, 12 and 14 astronauts that made it to the Moon used the mobile facilities immediately after landing — entering the trailer after splashdown aboard USS Hornet through return to the United States — until scientists concluded that the precaution was unnecessary.
DEFAERO Spotlight: The 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
July 20, 2019, marks the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing in human history.…
US Space & Rocket Center’s Vick on Project Mercury
Joseph Vick, the manager of museum education at the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., discusses the Project Mercury with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s Sweeney at Space Camp on Apollo’s 50th Anniversary
1st Lt. Tara Sweeney, USAF (Ret.), Vice President at U.S. Space & Rocket Center, celebrates the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11th on July 20th, 1969, the first mission to land humans on the moon. She discusses Space Camp’s mission, their forty to fifty-thousand student – child and adult – attendance, the incredible things they learn and achieve and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
US Space & Rocket Center’s Vick on V-2’s Importance
Joseph Vick, the manager of museum education at the US Space & Rocket Center, discusses the importance of Germany’s V-2 missile in advancing American rocketry with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Huntsville, Ala.
US Space & Rocket Center’s Stewart on Apollo Legacy, Museum’s Collection
Ed Stewart II, the director of exhibits and curation at the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., discusses the legacy of the Apollo program and the museum’s unique collection with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
AIA’s Fanning on Takeaways from Paris Air Show, Spending Trends, and Rocketry Contest
Eric Fanning, President and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association, discuss the key takeaways from the 2019 Paris airshow, defense and aerospace spending trends, the impact of mergers and acquisition’s on his membership base, and the international rocketry competition at Le Bourget on the 50th anniversary year of the Apollo 11 moon landing with Defense and or Space report Editor Vago Muradian. Our coverage of the 2019 Paris airshow is sponsored by Belle and Leonardo DRS
US Space & Rocket Center’s Barnhart on Commemorating Apollo 11’s 50th Anniversary
Capt. Deborah Barnhart, PhD, US Navy Ret., the CEO of the US Space & Rocket Center, discusses the mission of one of the world’s leading space museums, key elements from its collection in Huntsville, Ala., the legacy of its founder, legendary rocket engineer Werner von Braun, and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Miller, Armstrong on New Film Commemorating Apollo 11’s 50th Anniversary
Todd Douglas Miller, award-winning filmmaker and director of the new documentary “Apollo 11,” and Rick Armstrong, the son of Mission Commander Neil Armstrong, discuss the importance of commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first time men set foot on the Moon on July 20, 1969, and telling the story of history’s most incredible voyage. The interview was conducted at the National Air and Space Museum where the move was screened before being released in IMAX and conventional theaters nationwide.