In 1961 President Kennedy issued a challenge to land a person on the Moon and return safely to Earth before the end of the 1960s, a bold proclamation at the time, given that only one US astronaut had been to space, for just 15 minutes.
Apollo was a complicated, dangerous and expensive adventure involving 400,000 People across the n.
The Race to the Moon was part of the larger Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, a Race where the Russians appeared far ahead of the Americans.
In 1961 President Kennedy issued a challenge to land a person on the Moon and return safely to Earth before the end of the 1960s, a bold proclamation at the time, given that only one US astronaut had been to space, for just 15 minutes
