Buzz Aldrin approves of Cronkite’s coverage of Apollo 11, “explaining each procedure so that the waking world knew what was coming next.” Andy Rooney, who memorably choked up at the original service, ...
WASHINGTON — The following is a statement issued by Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong on the death of Walter Cronkite. “For a news analyst and reporter of the happenings of the day to be successful, ...
During a special ceremony to commemorate the 35th anniversary of human exploration of the Moon, Administrator Sean O’Keefe will name NASA’s first generation of astronauts and former CBS News anchor ...
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NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuters) - Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite, whose authoritative delivery of news events from the John F. Kennedy assassination to the Apollo moon landing and Vietnam War, ...
July 17 (Reuters) - Facts about former CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite, who died Friday in New York at age 92. * Cronkite was the anchor of the "CBS Evening News" from 1962 until 1981. He became so ...