Col. Al Worden, USAF Ret., the Apollo 15 command module pilot and Apollo 12 backup crew, discusses the new Astronaut Al Worden Endeavour Scholarship and the Apollo 12 mission to the Moon in November 1969 with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Dubai Air Show 2019. Our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS. Col. Worden, 88, passed away on March 18, 2020, after a brief illness.
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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.
Ben Hept, Senior Manager of Product at GravityFit, discusses their new body suit with Gravity Sensory Input (GSI) technology and power mesh aimed to decrease injury risk to be applied in athletics, military and more with Defense & Aerospace Editor Vago Muradian at the Australian Embassy in Washington, DC.
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.
Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, USAF Ret., legendary NASA astronaut discusses the Apollo 10 moon mission he commanded between May 18-26, 1969, that paved the way for Apollo 11’s historic landing two months later discusses the importance of his mission to test the Lunar Module in lunar orbit, the need to commemorate the moon program, lessons from the massive national effort to beat the Soviets, the Trump administration’s plan to return to the moon and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was recorded on May 24, 2019, five decades earlier to the day, Stafford and his crew mates John Young and Gene Cernan began their return to Earth, becoming the fastest humans in history by achieving a top speed of 24,791 mph. Aside from commanding Apollo 10, Stafford was pilot aboard Gemini 6A, commanded by Wally Schirra, for the first Earth orbit rendezvous with Gemini 7, commanded by Frank Borman and piloted by Jim Lovell. Stafford also commanded Gemini 9 with Cernan as pilot as well as the US portion of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first rendezvous between an American and Soviet spacecraft in July 1975.
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.
Tony Castilleja, systems engineer, and Josh Barrett, communications specialist, both with Boeing Space & Missile Systems, discuss the company’s new Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket, CST-100 Starliner spacecraft and new spacesuit with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted in Washington, DC, at “To the Future” space experience by Boeing and Axios that will run through the mid-February.