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The rapid pace of preparations for the first Moon landing continued in April 1969. The successful Apollo 9 mission in March cleared the way for Apollo 10 to

Apollo 11 was the first mission to ever successfully land a man on the moon. The Mission The Apollo 11 mission was launched from Cape Kennedy at 1:30 PM...

Three astronauts began their mission to the moon on this day (July 16), 53 years ago. Three astronauts began their mission to the moon on this day (July 16), 53 years ago.

The mission launched two years after NASA declared there would be no new lunar landing missions after Apollo 17 - so the crew launched knowing time was limited.

May 25, 1961 The 35th U.S. president John F. Kennedy delivered a stirring speech before a joint session of Congress. In it, he declared his intention to focus U.S. efforts on landing humans on the moon within a decade. His words ignited the work of a decade and ultimately achieved the dream of a moon landing, via the Apollo missions. Among other things, he said: I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to ma...