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Presented by Robert Lipscomb ’89Following President Kennedy’s statement to a joint session of Congress in May 1961, NASA and the nation began the long process of landing a man on the moon by the end of the decade. On July 20, 1969, this goal was met with the successful landing of Apollo 11’s Eagle at Tranquility Base. Although Apollo 11 is the best-known of the Apollo-era space missions, NASA conducted 14 other flights that included five additional moon landings, a manned space station, and the first-ever joint USA and Soviet Union space flight. This presentation will review the missions, the men, and the machines that made this program one of history’s most extraordinary accomplishments.
Robert Lipscomb is a 1989 graduate of Lynchburg College (now the University of Lynchburg) with a degree in education. He pursued a career in public safety and retired in January 2023. A lifelong student of history, Lipscomb has pursued this interest professionally and personally, authoring a book on the history of the Lynchburg Fire Department and documenting its line-of-duty deaths. He enjoys restoring antique automobiles, researching family genealogy, and building scale models. He currently serves on local nonprofit boards and advisory committees, including the LIFE@Lynchburg Curriculum Committee.
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Sydnor Performance Hall, Lynchburg, United States
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