President John F. Kennedy congratulates astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., the first American in space, on his historic May 5th, 1961 ride in the Freedom 7 spacecraft and presents him with the NASA ...

Happy Birthday, Kennedy Space Center! On July 1, 1962, NASA established the Launch Operations Center — which was later ...

President John F. Kennedy, born 100 years ago today (May 29), wasn't the first U.S. president to oversee NASA, but it was he who in 1961 — amid a space race with the Soviet Union — set the ...

Former NASA administrator Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden and Caroline Kennedy are expected to attend the christening of the future USS John F. Kennedy this Saturday in Newport News, Virginia.

O n this date, Jan. 30, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announces he’s appointing James Webb as NASA Administrator. Webb ...

Filmmaker Rory Kennedy couldn't resist the obvious place to open her new documentary on NASA. That's a news clip of her uncle, President John F. Kennedy, challenging the space agency to land a man ...

President John F. Kennedy said those powerful words in a historic speech at Rice Stadium 60 years ago, and on Monday, the university will wrap up a three-day event commemorating that anniversary.

NASA/KSC . President John F. Kennedy steps off of Air Force One to tour the Launch Complex 37 facilities. President Kennedy Arrives at the Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex Skid Strip.

Filmmaker Rory Kennedy couldn't resist the obvious place to open her new documentary on NASA. That's a news clip of her uncle, President John F. Kennedy, challenging the space agency to land a man ...

On this date, Jan. 30, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announces he’s appointing James Webb as NASA Administrator. Webb would oversee the development of the Apollo missions, the Surveyor program ...