Jfk Apollo Impact

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On the 25th of May, 1961 the president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, challenged the nation to land astronauts on the moon by the end of the decade. The years that followed the challenge was at full effect becoming the central mission of NASA’s Apollo program. The Apollo program's size was one of the largest non-military technological endeavor ever undertaken by the United States. John F. Kennedy as a president had very little interest in the U.S. space program but due to the Soviet Union’s accomplishments in space it forced the president to respond and to serve notice that the United States was capable to compete with the Soviet Union in the race to space.
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Over the past decade NASA has committed itself towards landing a man on the moon doing everything in their power to achieve the goal set by the president in 1961, eight years later NASA was ready to make that goal become a reality. On the 16th of June 1969 the historic mission of Apollo 11 was ready to take flight. Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin lifted off on the 16th of June, 1969 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida as they embarked there 3 day long journey to the moon. On July 20th, 1969 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin entered the lunar module and separated from the command service module and headed toward the lunar surface. While astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin headed towards the lunar surface astronaut Michael Collins orbited around the moon in the command service module after the separation with the lunar module. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down on the moon's Sea of Tranquility at that moment Neil Armstrong notified Mission control with the historic words, "Houston, Tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed." After some time the moment finally came as Neil Armstrong descended down the ladder of the lunar module and said the historic words, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" at that moment Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. "After spending a total of 21 and a half hours on the moon the lunar module carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin blasted back towards Michael Collins and the command service module the two vehicles docked and returned home." After the historic flight of Apollo 11 NASA had successfully accomplished John F. Kennedy's goal of landing a man on the moon, but for NASA this was only the beginning Apollo 11 was the building
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