 | 1995 - 832 lapas
...behind the Soviet Union in ICBM technology. On May 25, 1961, President Kennedy announced to the nation a goal of sending an American to the Moon before the...Gemini, and Apollo were each designed to execute it. On this subject, see Walter A. McDougall, . . . The Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the... | |
 | 1995 - 724 lapas
...United Slates lagged far behind the Soviet Union in intercontinental ballistic missile technology. On May 25, 1961, President Kennedy announced to the...Gemini, and Apollo were each designed to execute it. On this subject, see Walter A. McDougall, . . . The Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the... | |
 | Roger D. Launius - 2002 - 542 lapas
...ever undertaken by the United States; only the Manhattan Project was comparable in a wartime setting. The human spaceflight imperative was a direct outgrowth...Gemini, and Apollo were each designed to execute it. It was finally successfully accomplished on 20 July 1969, when Apollo 1 1 astronaut Neil Armstrong... | |
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Eisenhower's record in international relations, taking a cold warrior position on a supposed "missile gap" (which turned out not to be the case) wherein the United States lagged far behind the Soviet Union in intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)... 