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Congressman James Fulton: Strong on Space
President Kennedy signs National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Authorizations, July 21, 1961. Congressman Fulton shakes the President’s hand after he signed the funding bill for NASA. Courtesy of…
Apollo on Earth (and in Outer Space)
“‘Why write a history of Apollo?’ Importance is relative.” – “History of Apollo, PA 1816-1916: The Year of a Hundred Years” by T.J. Henry, M.D. “Moon soil” from Moon…
Pittsburgh and the Moon
A commitment to innovation and a willingness to fund new ideas has made Western Pennsylvania a center for innovation. Regional industries supplied settlers going West, armed the Union Army…
Earthrise
Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968. That evening, the astronauts-Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell,…
Luna’s Legacy: Remembering a Different Trip to the Moon
Newspaper headline on the morning of September 14, 1959. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 14, 1959. On Sept. 14, 1959, Pittsburghers woke up to a dramatic headline splashed across the front…
Count Down to Destination Moon with these Staff Picks
Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission, an epic traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian, launches at the Heinz History Center on Sept. 29, 2018 for a limited engagement. Featuring the…