Rensselaer History

Photo of the George M. Low gallery with a banner that reads "George M. Low Gallery - Where Imagination Can Achieve the Impossible"
Posted by Kelsey O'Brien on July 3, 2019
The Jetsons, model rockets, words like “liftoff” and “launch,” Star Trek, the Houston Astros…they all have something in common: after 1961, they helped mold pop culture. America had entered the space age, and entertainment, language, fashion, and architecture would never be the same. Nothing, however, ignited America’s fascination with space more than the summer afternoon of July 20th, 1969.
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