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John F. Kennedy Moon Landing Speech – Rice Stadium 1962

airboyd.tv John F. Kennedy Moon Speech – Rice Stadium http William Bradford, speaking in 1630 of the founding of the Plymouth Bay Colony, said that all great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage. If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred. The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the great adventures of all time, and no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in the race for space. Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolutions, the first waves of modern invention, and the first wave of nuclear power, and this generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of space. We mean to be a part of it–we mean to lead it. For the eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the planets beyond, and we have vowed that we shall not see it governed by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a banner of freedom and peace. We have vowed that we shall not see space filled with weapons of mass destruction, but with instruments of knowledge and understanding. Yet the vows of this Nation can only be fulfilled if we in this Nation are first, and, therefore, we intend to be first. In short, our leadership in science …

It’s Atlantis! NASA says shuttle will stay at Kennedy Space Center

It’s Atlantis! NASA says shuttle will stay at Kennedy Space Center
It’s official: Shuttle Atlantis is staying on the Space Coast. Its three sister shuttles will retire to new permanent homes in New York City, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

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Kennedy Space Center – Photos Part 1 (2009)

Part 1 of my Kennedy Space Center Photos Taken June 2009, The Shuttle on the Launch pad is Endeavour STS-127

The William P. and Lou W. Kennedy Pharmacy Innovation Center

Two University of South Carolina alumni with a desire to transform pharmacy education and practice are making a $30 million gift to the university’s South Carolina College of Pharmacy, the second-largest in the university’s history. Announced September 17 by University President Harris Pastides, the gift is from USC alumni William and Lou Kennedy of Orlando, Fla., and will establish The William P. and Lou W. Kennedy Pharmacy Innovation Center. For more information:www.sc.edu

Former Kennedy Space Center worker charged with stealing, selling shuttle tiles

Former Kennedy Space Center worker charged with stealing, selling shuttle tiles
A former Kennedy Space Center worker accused of selling space shuttle tiles online has been arrested in Brevard County, the Sheriff’s Office confirmed.

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ENDEAVOUR ROLLAROUND AT KENNEDY

Space shuttle Endeavour moved from Launch Pad 39B to 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on Sunday, May 31. Endeavour is targeted to lift off June 13 on a 16-day mission to the International Space Station.