Author profile: Roger D. Launius

Roger D. Launius graduated from Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa and received his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, in 1982. He then worked as a civilian historian with the United States Air Force until 1990, when he became chief historian of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from 1990 to 2002. He is currently the senior curator in the Division of Space History at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

The Legacy of the Apollo Moon Landings

Roger D. Launius • Oct 26 2012 • Articles

The Apollo Space program left an important legacy to both the US nation and the proponents of space exploration. This legacy is vast, going far beyond the political goals for which the project was created.

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