Conversation Details
Before discussing civil rights concerns and presidential appointments with Sen. John L. McClellan [D–Arkansas], President Johnson reminisced about his early role with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Gemini 3 had launched that morning from Cape Canaveral, just days after Moscow’s launch of a manned space flight that had ascended to an earth orbit higher than any the Americans had yet reached.
Date:
March 23, 1965
Topic:
Space
Location
Oval Office
Conversation
WH6503-11-7135
Conversation Participants
Presidential Daily Diary Excerpt
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