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Experienced marine corps aviator and a veteran of the advanced aircraft testing program washington spared no expense in its competition with moscow to conquer space. so crucial started making crew assignments for future missions to the moon this program was called apollo among the candidates were james lovell. james mcdevitt. john young. and frank borman. in june 1962 neil armstrong applied to become an astronaut. at this point in his life armstrong was trying to cope with a very serious personal tragedy. his 2 year old daughter karen died of a brain tumor in january $962.00. armstrong dealt w...

Prompted president john f. kennedy to make a bold proposal. 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. in february 1962 the usa launched its 3rd manned space flight the pilot was john glenn an experienced marine corps aviator and a veteran of the advanced aircraft testing program washington spared no expense in its competition with moscow to conquer space. during a. nasa official started making crew assignments for future missions to the moon this program was called apollo a...