July 2015

There were 1,576 posts published in July 2015 (this is page 1 of 158).

More than 4.67 Million Records Released

In September 2009, the President announced that — for the first time in history — White House visitor records would be made available to the public on an ongoing basis. Today, the White House releases visitor records that were generated in April 2015. This release brings the total number of records made public by this White House to more than 4.67 million — all of which can be viewed in our Disclosures section.

Our 4 Favorite (Gif) Moments from this Week’s Episode of West Wing Week: 07/31/15 or, “Jambo Kenya”

Here’s something not enough people know about: Every week, a team of White House videographers puts together a short episode encapsulating what the President did that week — who he met with, where he traveled, and all sort of other fun moments in between.

This week’s episode covers the President’s trip to Kenya and Ethiopia — where he attended the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit and met with leaders across government, business, and civil society — and it’s stocked with some pretty breathtaking images. Here are four of our favorites, complete with timestamps — but you should really want the full thing for yourself.

Happy watching! Come back next week for a new episode.

00:06 When the President disembarked from Marine One — and Kenyatta University said hello.

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NEEMO Undersea Crew Tests Tools and Techniques For Future Spacewalks

This photograph of NASA astronaut Serena Aunon (@AstroSerena) moving tools and equipment underwater was taken during the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) 20 mission, which began on July 20, 2015. NEEMO 20 is a 14-day mission by an international crew to the Aquarius Reef Base, located 62 feet (19 meters) below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. NEEMO 20 is focusing on evaluating tools and techniques being tested for future spacewalks on a variety of surfaces and gravity levels ranging from asteroids to the moons of Mars and the Martian surface.