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Miss Florence Fowler Lyons on Communist infiltration

Miss Florence Fowler Lyons displays UNESCO publications and criticizes UNESCO as preaching internationalism and outright atheism in a speech before a…

There's no space for weapons in space! ...

Drawing of a dove in outer space (wearing a space helmet) hovering over planet Earth.

An excerpt from a speech by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. about President Eisenhower’s “Open Skies” proposal to the United Nations, 1962.

Senator Lodge describes the proposed Open Skies program, which was intended to de-escalate the Cold War and provide more transparency for…

A 1958 news clip of an American official discussing the Soviet space program.

This man alludes to the Soviet rejection of Open Skies in 1955 and their advancement in missile development. This clip was made months after the…

The long path to the Berlin Wall began in 1945, when Josef Stalin instructed the Communist Party to take power in the Soviet occupation zone while the…

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.…

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]

A 1962 news clip of the hydrogen-powered American Centaur missile exploding after take-off

Following Yuri Gagarin’s successful orbit in 1961 and President John F. Kennedy’s ambitious plans for investment in space exploration, the American…

UN Forces Withdraw from North Korea Across the 38th Parallel, 1950

This photograph shows United Nations forces withdrawing from their positions beyond the 38th parallel as Chinese forces pushed forward.