Yes, the Vietnam war, civil and racial upheavals were going on, but the U.S. Space Program was the one bright, positive thing going on during the 1960s. It gave hope and optimism and all that space ...

As originally planned the Apollo Program was an initial reconnaissance of the lunar surface to be followed by more intensive exploration of the moon and experimentation in lunar and Earth orbit. This ...

NASA's Apollo Program began with Kennedy's goal to land a man on the Moon by the 1960s, driven by the space race against the USSR. Despite the Apollo 1 tragedy, NASA achieved milestones like Apollo ...