Good afternoon, everyone. My name is jennifer, im a curator here in the Smithsonians National air and space museum, and i want to welcome all of you and send a quick thank you to our sponsor boeing. Im hoping all of you are excited as i am. As somebody who watches a lot of things on its about space, Jeffrey Kluger is a familiar face to me, certainly. He is the editor at large for Time Magazine, and hes also a local. Hes also the author of multiple books on topics on everything from narcissism to polio to siblings. Notably for today, at least in the context of this museum, hes the author of two books that well bring up, i think, other the course of this time. First, lost moon which he published in 1994 which is the story of apollo 13, of course, the inspiration for that movie. And today hell be not only talking about his new book, but also signing the book afterwards just outside the gallery if youre so interested. The book is apollo 8 the thrilling story of the First Mission to the moo
When the great tale of American Space history is written if only eight, 11 and 13 that are the true benchmark missions we all know why apollo 13 was a great deal of the survival, but apollo eight was the first time human beings it is the gravity well of earth and we managed to haul ourselves out of the dirt and get aircraft into the atmosphere, but orbiting the earth is sort of dog paddling in the harbor. For apollo eight it is the first time that we sailed across the true deep waters and deep space and went to another world. For the 24 hours that they were there they were not creatures of another world, they were moving men for 24 hours. It was a mission that made all of the landings possible. I get what i wanted to ask about what makes it so special. It was because of the first steps on the moon, but apollo eight was a dramatic shift in the plan. Talk about what he did so special with a particular moment. There were a lot of things that happened. 1968 as we know was the most bloodsoa
When the great tale of American Space history is written if only eight, 11 and 13 that are the true benchmark missions we all know why apollo 13 was a great deal of the survival, but apollo eight was the first time human beings it is the gravity well of earth and we managed to haul ourselves out of the dirt and get aircraft into the atmosphere, but orbiting the earth is sort of dog paddling in the harbor. For apollo eight it is the first time that we sailed across the true deep waters and deep space and went to another world. For the 24 hours that they were there they were not creatures of another world, they were moving men for 24 hours. It was a mission that made all of the landings possible. I get what i wanted to ask about what makes it so special. It was because of the first steps on the moon, but apollo eight was a dramatic shift in the plan. Talk about what he did so special with a particular moment. There were a lot of things that happened. 1968 as we know was the most bloodsoa
When the great tale of American Space history is written if only eight, 11 and 13 that are the true benchmark missions we all know why apollo 13 was a great deal of the survival, but apollo eight was the first time human beings it is the gravity well of earth and we managed to haul ourselves out of the dirt and get aircraft into the atmosphere, but orbiting the earth is sort of dog paddling in the harbor. For apollo eight it is the first time that we sailed across the true deep waters and deep space and went to another world. For the 24 hours that they were there they were not creatures of another world, they were moving men for 24 hours. It was a mission that made all of the landings possible. I get what i wanted to ask about what makes it so special. It was because of the first steps on the moon, but apollo eight was a dramatic shift in the plan. Talk about what he did so special with a particular moment. There were a lot of things that happened. 1968 as we know was the most bloodsoa
And i would also like to welcome the cspan audience out there who is recording as the cd. Its great to have you back into library. These evening book talks are special for a variety of races because we get to bring exciting, ne, new historians toe eager community here, but also because its sponsored by ford which has been a great donor to mount vernon for many, many years. As you on the mount vernon late association does not take any government money. Its a completely private institution based on philanthropy and based on people coming to the estate. So we depend on groups like the ford family and the Ford Motor Company who have supported mount vernon since henry ford became the first fire engine to mount vernon to keep the Mansion House from burning to the ground. As some of you know its an ongoing challenge. In fact you are welcome to donate to our Fire Suppression efforts right now. Id like to welcome you all out here. Before we begin the main event i also want to mention some Upcom