Roger D. Launius

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Roger D. Launius was a Chief Historian for NASA with 10 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2003 Forum as a Chair for the Space History Department in the National Air and Space Museum. The year with the most videos was 2006 with two videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2016 with an average of 959 views per program as an Associate Director for Collections and Curatorial Affairs in the National Air and Space Museum. Most common tags: Space, Cold War, U.S. History.

Appearances by Title:c. January 1, 2002 - Present Associate Director, Collections and Curatorial Affairs, National Air and Space Museum

Videos: 1 c. January 1, 2011 - Present Senior Curator, Space History Department, National Air and Space Museum

Videos: 3 c. January 1, 2003 - Present Chair, Space History Department, National Air and Space Museum

Videos: 5

Previously

Chief Historian, NASA c. January 1, 1990 - c. January 1, 2002 Videos: 1

Recent Appearances

January 4, 2019
Apollo Program

Former NASA chief historian Roger Launius talked about the history of the Apollo program. He described how the Cold War influ…
July 19, 2016
NASA Viking Mission to Mars

NASA historians discussed the Viking program, which landed the first U.S. spacecraft on Mars on July 20, 1976. They also talk…
June 15, 2012
Briefing on Space Travel

On American History TV -a look at the history of space exploration. Panelists include representatives from NASA and the Natio…
May 5, 2011
50th Anniversary of Project Mercury

On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space, making a brief suborbital mission that marked the first mann…