...world. For the most part, NASA projects have had a clear statement of their goal or purpose, such as to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to Earth. Second, NASA projects have had a precise schedule for achievement of these goals. Third, NASA projects...

...I think that in the heyday of the Apollo program, during the decade when President Kennedy made the commitment to land a man on the Moon and return him safely, there was a real excitement among the young people of our country and we didn't have to try to convince...

...opened its office to acquire the land for the spectacular NASA ACTIVITIES, February 1977 Project Apollo to "land a man on the Moon and return him safely to Earth." She returned to full-time work after all her nine children had completed their public school education....

...launched on January 31, 1958. In May 1961 President John F. Kennedy gave the young space program a goal: to land a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth before the decade ended. By 1964 an accelerating NASA expanded onto 140,000 acres on Merritt Island, less than...

...Moon. Whereas on May 25, 1961, the President of the United States established a goal for the country to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to Earth before the end of the decade; Whereas in furtherance of that goal, 34 American astronauts flew 27 missions in space; Whereas in their...

...educational system. The American response — articulated by President Kennedy as a national challenge to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to Earth — defined US space goals for the remainder of the decade. Prestige and international leadership were...

...later, in May 1961, President John F. Kennedy's State of the Union Address called upon the country to land a man on the moon and return him safely to earth before the decade was out. Year after year the race to the moon, which did not stop even in 1967 when astronauts...

...spy satellites in mainstream newspapers and magazines.19 The decision to try to be the first country to land a man on the moon and return him safely to earth involved similar preoccupations with image, prestige, and audience.20 With the Bay of Pigs fiasco,...

...help us in understanding aging, and, of course, pay tribute to President Kennedy who challenged us to land a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth. This is a celebration, so let me just simply end, Mr. Chairman, by saying congratulations to all. Chairman...

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