The tensions between Kennedy and Castro intensified, notably highlighted by the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion in April 1961, where CIA-backed Cuban exiles attempted to overthrow Castro’s government. Castro’s agreement to allow the Soviet Union to install nuclear launch pads in Cuba, uncovered during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, further strained relations. His condemnation of US-led intrusions into Cuban territory, coupled with Kennedy’s portrayal of Cuba as a pawn of Russia, only heightened animosity between the two leaders. Less than a week after Kennedy’s address, he was tragically assassinated.
Read MoreNASA’s Europa Clipper is seen here on Aug. 21, 2024, in a clean room at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The photo was taken as engineers and technicians deployed and tested the spacecraft’s giant solar arrays, each of which measures about 46.5 feet (14.2 meters) long and about 13.5 feet (4.1 meters) high.
Read MoreEarlier this year, the Florida Panthers won their first NHL championship and brought victory to the state of Florida. As part of its championship tour, the Stanley Cup made a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday Sept. 17, 2024.
Read MoreSTS-128 mission specialist José Hernández waits his turn to enter space shuttle Discovery at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the background are mission specialists Patrick Forrester (left) and Christer Fuglesang (back to camera).
Read MoreA conversation with Patrick Hastings: writer, educator, bibliophile, and the new Education Outreach Specialist in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division.
Read MoreLee Harvey Oswald, an employee at the Texas School Book Depository located in Dealey Plaza, was apprehended for the murder of Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit. Subsequently, Oswald faced accusations of assassinating the president, allegedly firing shots from the book depository’s sixth-floor window using a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle.
Read MoreFrom the outset of his presidency, Kennedy had ambitions of overthrowing Castro’s regime. Adhering to the Domino Theory, Kennedy feared that the spread of communism in one country would inevitably lead to its expansion in neighboring nations. Moreover, Castro found solidarity with his communist ally, Nikita Khrushchev, the Premier of Russia.
Read MoreThis view of the Earth’s crest over the lunar horizon was taken during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. Apollo 15 launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on July 26, 1971. Aboard was a crew of three astronauts: David R. Scott, James B. Irwin, and Alfred M. Worden. The primary scientific objectives were to observe the lunar surface, survey and sample material and surface features in a preselected area of the Hadley-Apennine region, setup and activation of surface experiments and conduct in-flight experiments and photographic tasks from lunar orbit.
Read MoreDuring the 1950s, Cuba found itself under the rule of the US-backed military dictator and president, Fulgencio Batista. However, in 1959, Fidel Castro, alongside his brother Raul Castro and comrade Che Guevara, led a successful revolution that ousted Batista and established Castro’s communist regime.
Read MoreEmployees from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida watch as teams with Exploration Ground Systems transport the agency’s powerful SLS (Space Launch System) core stage to the spaceport’s Vehicle Assembly Building on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. The 212-foot-long rocket stage completed its journey from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans aboard the Pegasus barge the previous day. Once inside, SLS will be prepared for integration atop the mobile launcher ahead of the Artemis II launch.
Read MoreFrom left to right, NASA astronaut candidates Anil Menon, Deniz Burnham, and Marcos Berrios pose for a photograph in front of NASA’s Artemis I Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft at Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 2, 2022.
Read MorePainting of the NASA logo, also called the meatball, continued on the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 29, 2020.
Read MoreThe Artemis II Core Stage moves from final assembly to the VAB at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans in preparation for delivery to Kennedy Spaceflight Center later this month. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
Read MoreThe Kennedy Assassination – In its exploration of the Kennedy Assassination, the acclaimed book Saving Jackie K delves into potential grievances held by various foreign leaders against JFK. Among these figures, considerable attention is directed towards Fidel Castro, Cuba’s entrenched dictator. Was Castro the architect behind Kennedy’s assassination?
Read MoreTechnicians used a 30-ton crane to lift NASA’s Orion spacecraft on Friday, June 28, 2024, from the Final Assembly and System Testing cell to the altitude chamber inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft, which will be used for the Artemis II mission to orbit the Moon, underwent leak checks and end-to-end performance verification of the vehicle’s subsystems.
Read MoreCrews transport NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-U) from the Astrotech Space Operations facility to the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida beginning on Friday, June 14, 2024, with the operation finishing early Saturday, June 15, 2024. The fourth and final weather-observing and environmental monitoring satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series will assist meteorologists in providing advanced weather forecasting and warning capabilities. The two-hour window for liftoff opens 5:16 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 25, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Read MoreWhile many Americans today were not yet born when John F. Kennedy met his tragic end, it seems everyone has a theory about his assassination. The meticulously researched novel, *Saving Jackie K*, skillfully blends fact with fiction to uncover the “truth.” But what do the historical records suggest?
Read MoreIn narrating the story of the Kennedy Assassination, blockbuster Saving Jackie K considers several foreign leaders with grudges against JFK. One of the most obvious is Cuba’s long-term dictator, Fidel Castro. Did Castro mastermind the plot to kill Kennedy?
Read MoreIn the Style of Leonid Afremov create an image of Clint Hill – Clint Hill was a Secret Service agent assigned to protect First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. He is known for his heroic attempt to shield the President and First Lady during the assassination. — using acid-culture Color
Read MoreA Florida redbelly turtle casts a suspicious look as he is being photographed on the grounds of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The redbelly turtle inhabits ponds, lakes, sloughs, marshes and mangrove-bordered creeks, in a range that encompasses Florida from the southern tip north to the Apalachicola area of the panhandle. Active year-round, it is often seen basking on logs or floating mats of vegetation. Adults prefer a diet of aquatic plants. The Center shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which encompasses 92,000 acres that are a habitat for more than 331 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles. The marshes and open water of the refuge provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds, as well as a variety of insects.
Read MoreIn the Style of Abstract Expressionism create an image of John F. Kennedy – The 35th President of the United States- John F. Kennedy was tall and athletic- with thick dark hair and piercing blue eyes. — using Deep Sea Color
Read MoreAt 12:30 pm on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was struck down by sniper bullets as he rode through Dealey Plaza, Dallas, in an open limousine. Hundreds of horrified spectators heard the staccato gunfire, and witnessed the fatal headshot that spattered his Lincoln convertible with bloody tissue.
Read MoreIn the Style of van gogh create an image of First Lady young Jacqueline Kennedy – Jacqueline Kennedy was riding with President Kennedy in the motorcade when he was assassinated. Her composure during and after the event captured the nation’s attention. — using High Contrast Color
Read MoreIn the Style of Roger Dean create an image of The Military-Industrial Complex This theory suggests that elements within the military-industrial complex- upset with Kennedy’s efforts to reduce military spending and avoid military intervention- may have been involved in the assassination. — using vivid Color
Read MoreNighttime, ground-level view of the Apollo 10 space vehicle on Pad B, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center. This photograph of the 363-feet tall Apollo/Saturn V stack was taken during pull back of the mobile service structure. The Apollo 10 crew was astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, John W. Young, and Eugene A. Cernan.
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