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Testified before a Senate Armed Services committee recently. He was asked about drug interdiction efforts, the humanitarian situation in venezuela, russias influence in the region and a number of other topics. Hey, the welcome, everybody. The emerging threat and capabilities subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from admiral craig faller, commander of u. S. Southern command or as we call it southcom. Our focus on the security situation in this theater as well as southcoms efforts to implement the National Defense strategy. Welcome to the admiral. Thank you very much for being here, sir...

And i was. 50 years later, i am enjoying but the greatest adventure ever , happened replayed, and doing it as nasas chief historian. What a ride. Host how did you get to this position . What do you do u. S. Chief historian . Guest the quick answers do not do what i did if you want to be chief historian. I did at 22 year career in the air force and did a lot of , graduate work on the history of the soviet space program. When i retired from the air force, the then chief historian said why not apply for a job here at nasa . I applied, got the job, and so, ended up being the chief historian. Becau...

Scenes from around the world as people watched manns first steps on the moon. Narrator they million mornings forgotten by the mind of man. Dawn remembers again the magic circle, stonehenge. Magic circle, observatory, temple aligned with the rising of the sun and the turning of stones from afar, brought by man to this place, where no stones were before, more than 3000 years ago. Narrator apollo 11, 15 july, 19 69, cape kennedy, florida. The night before the great day. Chuck themr bags and to the car. Going to take a trip to tell you where you are goodbye, mother earth goodbye, mother, so long, ...

Saturn 9 rocket to accomplish the goals set by president kennedy less than 10 years earlier, to land the man on the moon before the end of the decade. As president kennedy said in his speech at Rice University in september, 1962, we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are hard. There is no better explanation that captures the american spirit. We choose to take joint leaps. We choose to know the unknown. We choose to lead into the future. On july 20, 1960, just four days after the launch, the world listened and watched as th...

Site atthe press channel basin, where the spacecraft is brought from the manufacturer in huntsville, alabama. And here is an interesting sight, too. Beyond our press site, over by the Vehicle Assembly building, there are scores of workers out, permitted for the first time to bring binoculars and cameras of their own to the base. Theres a holiday atmosphere. While normally during these launches, work goes on the cape to keep things on schedule, but indeed, in the Vehicle Assembly building, they have already erected apollo 12. Its ready to be rolled out as soon as apollo 11 is on its way for a l...