Recruiting Advertisement for NASA, "This is NASA's Project Apollo," May 1962
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President John F. Kennedy's vision to explore the "new frontier" of space ignited the public's imagination. It was also an overt Cold War strategy against the Soviet Union which launched the first man in space April 12, 1961. NASA published this ad series in 1962 to convince aerospace engineers and scientists to join them for the U.S. effort to conquer space.
President John F. Kennedy's vision to explore the "new frontier" of space ignited the public's imagination. It was also an overt Cold War strategy against the Soviet Union which launched the first man in space April 12, 1961. NASA published this ad series in 1962 to convince aerospace engineers and scientists to join them for the U.S. effort to conquer space.
Artifact
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Date Made
May 1962
Subject Date
May 1962
Creators
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Creator Notes
Published by Scientific American magazine, May 1962, for NASA.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2013.52.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11.5 in
Width: 8.5 in
Inscriptions
Partial text from top of page down: This is / NASA's / Project Apollo / The men of NASA are readying for a journey / that will surely be one of the most significant / achievements of this century... / SEND JUST ONE RESUME TO NASA ...
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