Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11: The Next Giant Leap

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  • TBMG-34749
Published July 01, 2019 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced before a special joint session of Congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an American safely to the Moon before the end of the decade. Kennedy felt great pressure to have the United States “catch up to and overtake” the Soviet Union in the space race.