To the Moon and to the Planets beyond
The History and Future of Space Exploration: A Linda Hall Library Lecture Series coming September 2009
Earthrise from lunar orbit.

Bullet point  The title of our lecture series is quoted from President Kennedy’s address on space exploration at Rice University, September 12, 1962:

“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.”

Earthrise from lunar orbit.
Bullet point  Earthrise in lunar orbit taken December 14, 1972, by Apollo 17 Command Module Pilot Ron Evans. Photo courtesy NASA. The orientation of the photo was modified for this website. The original orientation is at left.
Harrison Schmitt on the moon
Bullet point  Panorama of Harrison Schmitt taken by Gene Cernan during Apollo 17’s EVA-1 on December 12, 1972. The detail at left is part of a panorama that was compiled by David Harland and includes NASA frames AS17-145-22159 to 22183. Photo courtesy NASA.
Scott Carpenter
Bullet point  Scott Carpenter describes his Aurora 7 flight to fellow Mercury astronauts John Glenn and Wally Schirra at Grand Turk Island  hours after splashdown on May 24, 1962. When this series of photos was taken, Carpenter and Glenn were the only two Americans to have orbited Earth. Photos courtesy NASA and Apollo Mission Control Photos Plus.

3D view of Venus
Bullet point  A 3D image of Maat Mons on the surface of Venus produced by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Multimission Image Processing Laboratory in 1992. Photo courtesy JPL.
Hubble space telescope
Bullet point The Hubble Space Telescope in Earth orbit following its second servicing mission in 1997.  Photo courtesy NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute.
Bullet point  Lecture abstracts and portraits were provided by speakers for use at this site. Credits for space images are listed above. Remaining content is © 2009 Linda Hall Library.
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