NASA turns 50

Fifty years ago this summer, in response to the Russian launch of the Sputnik satellite, President Eisenhower created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Midmorning looks back at NASA's 50 years, from the triumph of the moon landing to the tragedy of two space shuttle disasters.

Guests

• John Logsdon: Director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University.
• Rick Tumlinson: Co-founder of the Space Frontier Foundation and chairman of Orbital Outfitters.

More from MPR

• Return to Mars
  May 26, 2008
• Astronaut Hall of Fame: the final frontier
  May 2, 2008
• NASA-funded study to examine crops' effect on weather
  February 4, 2008
• Family of St. Paul astronaut relieved by safe shuttle landing
  September 21, 2006

Resources

• NASA
• About John Logsdon
• About Rick Tumlinson