The Kids Guide to the Race to Space

It's hard to believe that just over 50 years ago, we didn't have the technology to send humans to the moon. But that's exactly the case! When President John F. Kennedy made his famous speech to Congress in 1961, asking for funding to send Americans to the moon within the decade, NASA didn't even have a rocket that could get them there! They also lacked a computer small enough to guide a spaceship, spacesuits for protection, and a network of tracking stations to communicate with the astronauts. Countless problems had to be solved to get us to the Moon. Every single one of those challenges was tackled and mastered between May 1961 and July 1969. 🌔🚀

"𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 [𝙆𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙙𝙮] 𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣 1961, 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚," 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙆𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡. "𝙒𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚. 𝙒𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨, 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚."

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