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- Collection: Cold War - Fall 2023
August 15, 1960 - Dwight D. Eisenhower holds the American flag which was carried in the capsule - retrieved from Discoverer XIII.August 15, 1960 - Dwight D. Eisenhower holds the American flag which was carried in the capsule - retrieved from Discoverer XIII. [72-3525-5]
September 8, 1960 - Dwight D. Eisenhower tours the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama with Dr. Wernher von Braun.September 8, 1960 - Dwight D. Eisenhower tours the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama with Dr. Wernher von Braun.…
Operation GoodwillGovernor Nelson Rockefeller recording (and possibly sending out a live radio broadcast) a message about "Operation Goodwill". Operation Goodwill was…
Cold War Cover ImageSoviet Union flag and the flag of the United States of America
An investigation into the politics of consumerism in East Germany during the years between the Berlin Blockade of 1948-49 and the building of the…
Video form of the automobile in Germany during the blockade. Video was created in 1951.
Cuban Missile Crisis Meeting SummaryThis is a meeting summary on two options in dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis.
In this excerpt, President John F. Kennedy outlines why the space program is vital to national interests, what its benefits will be, how many national…
A 1959 cigarette company trading card featuring Laika, the Sputnik dog.Within a month of the launch of Sputnik, the first satellite, Soviets launched a second satellite, Sputnik 2. This satellite had a dog named Laika…
"The Berlin blockade brought former allies to the brink of war. Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union defeated and began their…