So the Americans could beat the Russians to the moon.
apollo program
Apollo Program
The US Apollo program.
The US space program that put astronauts on the moon was called the Apollo program.
Kennedy.
Kennedy.
The manned lunar landings were part of the US's Apollo program.
Apollo 11
The last Apollo Missions (Sky Lab) were in the early to mid 1970's. Richard Nixon was president when the Apollo Program was cancelled, so he played a prominent role. The US/NASA began development of the STS (Space Shuttle) shortly afterwards.
apollo
The US space program that sent astronauts to the moon was called the Apollo program. It was managed by NASA and consisted of a series of missions from 1961 to 1972, with Apollo 11 being the mission that successfully landed the first humans on the moon in 1969. The Apollo program aimed to achieve President John F. Kennedy's goal of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth before the end of the 1960s.
The US National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA)