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22 Photographs of the Historic Apollo 11 Mission

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy declared “we shall send to the moon, 240,000 miles away from the control station in Houston, a giant rocket… before this decade is out.” On July…

By Jacob Miller · 9 min

Cold War

Today in History: The First American Goes to Space (1961)

For every victory the U.S. made in the quest for space knowledge and exploration during the Space Race, there seemed…

Matthew Weber · 2 min