C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Astronaut Fred Haise and Apollo 13
1 hour, 12 minutesFormer NASA astronaut Fred Haise recounted his experiences as the Lunar Module Pilot on what was intended to be the third moon landing. An oxygen tank explosion two days into the flight of Apollo 13 prevented the crew from completing the mission. Mr. Haise spoke about how the crew coped with a crippled spacecraft, limited power, freezing temperatures, and reduced oxygen.
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White House Gardens
58 minutesA panel discussed how presidents and first ladies developed and used the White House gardens during their administrations. This program was part of a day-long symposium hosted by the White House Historical Association.
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Reel America: Houston, We've Got a Problem"
31 minutesOn April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 blasted off on what was to be the third NASA mission to land humans on the moon. This 1970 NASA documentary tells the story of the crisis which nearly left the three astronauts stranded in space.
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Reel America: Apollo 13 Post Flight Press Conference - 1970
1 hour, 2 minutesApollo 13 astronauts James Lovell, Fred Haise, and John Swigert held a press conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on April 21, 1970. Apollo 13 launched April 11 of that year on what was to be the third NASA mission to land humans on the moon. An onboard explosion caused critical system failures that forced the mission to abort and return to Earth.
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Oral Histories: NASA - James Lovell Interview
1 hour, 31 minutesFormer NASA astronaut James Lovell talked about his life and career. He was a veteran of the Gemini and Apollo missions. In 1968 he was command module pilot on Apollo 8, the first NASA mission to orbit the moon. He was commander of Apollo 13 in 1970, a mission to land on the moon that was aborted due to an onboard explosion. The interview is from NASA's oral history program at the Johnson Space Center.
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Oral Histories: Gene Kranz , Part 1"
46 minutesGene Kranz talked about his career at NASA. A retired NASA flight director and manager, he served as a flight director during the Gemini and Apollo programs, including when the Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the Moon and directing the successful Mission Control team efforts to save the crew of Apollo 13. In this interview he talked about the Apollo missions. This is the first of two parts. This interview was part of an oral history program at NASA's Johnson Space Center. He was interviewed by Roy Neal on April 28, 1999, in Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
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Astronaut Fred Haise and Apollo 13
1 hour, 12 minutesFormer NASA astronaut Fred Haise recounted his experiences as the Lunar Module Pilot on what was intended to be the third moon landing. An oxygen tank explosion two days into the flight of Apollo 13 prevented the crew from completing the mission. Mr. Haise spoke about how the crew coped with a crippled spacecraft, limited power, freezing temperatures, and reduced oxygen.
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White House Gardens
57 minutesA panel discussed how presidents and first ladies developed and used the White House gardens during their administrations. This program was part of a day-long symposium hosted by the White House Historical Association.
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Reel America: Houston, We've Got a Problem"
30 minutesOn April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 blasted off on what was to be the third NASA mission to land humans on the moon. This 1970 NASA documentary tells the story of the crisis which nearly left the three astronauts stranded in space.
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Reel America: Apollo 13 Post Flight Press Conference - 1970
1 hour, 2 minutesApollo 13 astronauts James Lovell, Fred Haise, and John Swigert held a press conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on April 21, 1970. Apollo 13 launched April 11 of that year on what was to be the third NASA mission to land humans on the moon. An onboard explosion caused critical system failures that forced the mission to abort and return to Earth.
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Oral Histories: NASA - James Lovell Interview
1 hour, 32 minutesFormer NASA astronaut James Lovell talked about his life and career. He was a veteran of the Gemini and Apollo missions. In 1968 he was command module pilot on Apollo 8, the first NASA mission to orbit the moon. He was commander of Apollo 13 in 1970, a mission to land on the moon that was aborted due to an onboard explosion. The interview is from NASA's oral history program at the Johnson Space Center.
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Oral Histories: Gene Kranz , Part 1"
47 minutesGene Kranz talked about his career at NASA. A retired NASA flight director and manager, he served as a flight director during the Gemini and Apollo programs, including when the Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the Moon and directing the successful Mission Control team efforts to save the crew of Apollo 13. In this interview he talked about the Apollo missions. This is the first of two parts. This interview was part of an oral history program at NASA's Johnson Space Center. He was interviewed by Roy Neal on April 28, 1999, in Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
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Astronaut Fred Haise and Apollo 13
1 hour, 13 minutesFormer NASA astronaut Fred Haise recounted his experiences as the Lunar Module Pilot on what was intended to be the third moon landing. An oxygen tank explosion two days into the flight of Apollo 13 prevented the crew from completing the mission. Mr. Haise spoke about how the crew coped with a crippled spacecraft, limited power, freezing temperatures, and reduced oxygen.
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White House Gardens
57 minutesA panel discussed how presidents and first ladies developed and used the White House gardens during their administrations. This program was part of a day-long symposium hosted by the White House Historical Association.
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George W. Bush & the Iraq Surge
1 hour, 23 minutesThis was a discussion about President George W. Bush's 2007 decision to increase American troop levels in Iraq. Former Bush administration officials Meghan O'Sullivan and Peter Feaver recounted their roles in the decision-making, and their subsequent efforts to document these events in an oral history titled "The Last Card: Inside George W. Bush's Decision to Surge in Iraq." This is the first of three programs on "the surge" hosted by the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
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Creating the Iraq Surge Strategy
1 hour, 54 minutesFormer George W. Bush administration officials talked about the planning leading up to the 2007 surge of American troop levels in Iraq, including what they described as myths and misunderstandings about the strategy. This was the second of three programs on "the surge" hosted by the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
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Evaluating the Iraq Surge
1 hour, 56 minutesThis is the third and last program that looked back at President George W. Bush's 2007 Iraq surge decision to increase American troop levels. A panel of scholars responded to previous observations by former Bush administration officials and offered comparisons to similar military decisions by other presidents. The Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas hosted this event.
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American Artifacts: "Americans and the Holocaust" Exhibit - Part 2
47 minutesIn the second of a two-part program, curator Daniel Greene gave a tour of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit which uses films, artifacts, and documents to explore how the U.S. public and government officials reacted to Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews during World War II. The exhibit looks at the "America First" movement to stay out of the war, and sets out to examine two questions: what did Americans know about the Holocaust as it was happening, and what could have been done to save European Jews? The first program focused on the 1930 to 1939 time period and the rise of Nazi Germany, the second - from 1939 to 1945.
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George W. Bush & the Iraq Surge
1 hour, 22 minutesThis was a discussion about President George W. Bush's 2007 decision to increase American troop levels in Iraq. Former Bush administration officials Meghan O'Sullivan and Peter Feaver recounted their roles in the decision-making, and their subsequent efforts to document these events in an oral history titled "The Last Card: Inside George W. Bush's Decision to Surge in Iraq." This is the first of three programs on "the surge" hosted by the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
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Creating the Iraq Surge Strategy
1 hour, 55 minutesFormer George W. Bush administration officials talked about the planning leading up to the 2007 surge of American troop levels in Iraq, including what they described as myths and misunderstandings about the strategy. This was the second of three programs on "the surge" hosted by the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
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Evaluating the Iraq Surge
1 hour, 55 minutesThis is the third and last program that looked back at President George W. Bush's 2007 Iraq surge decision to increase American troop levels. A panel of scholars responded to previous observations by former Bush administration officials and offered comparisons to similar military decisions by other presidents. The Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas hosted this event.