To beat Russia to the moon. And to create a huge event intended to both cow the USSR and to give the US public something real to celebrate after more than a decade of coming 'runner up' to the Soviets in the conquest of space.
It's been suggested that a further goal was to deflect attention away from JFK's contreversial handling of the situation with Cuba.
to successfully land on the moon before the soviets
There was a space race going on between US and Russia. The US wanted to win the space race and put a lot of money in the NASA. Main goal in 1969 was the moon, US wanted to go there first.
President Kennedy entered the US into the space race in 1961.
Russia and us the United States were Involved in the space race
Because it was a "race" between the USSR and the US to reach space milestones first.
When Russia sent his fist manned mission into space, that marked the beginning of the space race between US and Russia.
There was a space race going on between US and Russia. The US wanted to win the space race and put a lot of money in the NASA. Main goal in 1969 was the moon, US wanted to go there first.
The biggest goal of the Space Race was to send people to the surface of the Moon. The US accomplished this, and put 12 people on the Moon, two at a time. The USSR did not send anyone to the Moon.
President Kennedy entered the US into the space race in 1961.
Russia and us the United States were Involved in the space race
The goal of this mission was to get to space before the US.
Because it was a "race" between the USSR and the US to reach space milestones first.
to successfully land on the moon before the soviets
The space race was when the us and the ussr tried to get the newest equipment into space. It happened between 1957 and 1975.
The goal was to get man on the moon by the end of the decade
When Russia sent his fist manned mission into space, that marked the beginning of the space race between US and Russia.
National pride best describes the political goals of the space race. Each country wanted to be first to prove that they were better.
The SPACE RACE