This document provides an overview of presentations given by Ed Buckbee, a former NASA public affairs officer, about American astronauts and the early U.S. space program. The presentations discuss the bravery of the first astronauts to fly in space, behind-the-scenes stories of famous astronauts, adventures of the Apollo astronauts on their journey to the Moon, the German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun who created the Saturn V rocket, marketing of the Apollo program, Space Shuttle missions, and international space cooperation between the U.S. and Russia. Ed Buckbee shares these stories from his first-hand experience working with NASA and the astronauts.