The most recent conjunction, in April 2013, Mars was 364 million km away from Earth, on the other side of the Sun. And in June, 2015 it'll be 384 million kilometers. The vast distance between Earth and Mars has a real impact on our communications to the Red Planet.
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States, who led the country through the Great Depression and World War II.
In Defense of Court-Packing. When the Supreme Court willfully misreads the Constitution, FDRâs plan doesnât seem so bad. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover on way to the U.S. Capitol for Rooseveltâs inauguration, March 4, 1933. A Republican president presides over a historic economic collapse, allowing his Democratic opponent to win the White House in a walk.