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Apollo Program Part 1: America's Race to Space

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Check out http://squarespace.com/biographics [http://squarespace.com/biographics] to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 [https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1] Love content? 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[https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/lw/103729.htm#:~:text=On%20October%204%2C%201957%2C%20the,first%20artificial%20satellite%2C%20Sputnik%20I.] https://www.nasa.gov/history/60-years-ago-vanguard-fails-to-reach-orbit/ [https://www.nasa.gov/history/60-years-ago-vanguard-fails-to-reach-orbit/]  https://www.britannica.com/technology/Sputnik [https://www.britannica.com/technology/Sputnik] https://history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/sputnik#:~:text=The%20successful%20launch%20came%20as,accomplish%20this%20scientific%20advancement%20first.&text=The%20fact%20that%20the%20Soviets,behind%20in%20developing%20new%20technology. [https://history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/sputnik#:~:text=The%20successful%20launch%20came%20as,accomplish%20this%20scientific%20advancement%20first.&text=The%20fact%20that%20the%20Soviets,behind%20in%20developing%20new%20technology.] https://www.nasa.gov/history/explorer-1-overview/ [https://www.nasa.gov/history/explorer-1-overview/] https://www.nasa.gov/specials/60counting/begin.html#:~:text=In%20July%201958%2C%20Eisenhower%20had,1%2C%201958. [https://www.nasa.gov/specials/60counting/begin.html#:~:text=In%20July%201958%2C%20Eisenhower%20had,1%2C%201958.] https://www.nasa.gov/reference/the-national-advisory-committee-for-aeronautics/ [https://www.nasa.gov/reference/the-national-advisory-committee-for-aeronautics/] https://www.nasa.gov/history/the-decision-to-go-to-the-moon/#:~:text=On%20May%2025%2C%201961%2C%20President,the%20end%20of%20the%20decade. [https://www.nasa.gov/history/the-decision-to-go-to-the-moon/#:~:text=On%20May%2025%2C%201961%2C%20President,the%20end%20of%20the%20decade.] https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/jfk-and-the-moonshot.htm#:~:text=Stepping%20up%20to%20the%20imposing,the%20end%20of%20the%201960s. [https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/jfk-and-the-moonshot.htm#:~:text=Stepping%20up%20to%20the%20imposing,the%20end%20of%20the%201960s.] https://www.nasa.gov/history/the-decision-to-go-to-the-moon/#:~:text=On%20May%2025%2C%201961%2C%20President,the%20end%20of%20the%20decade. [https://www.nasa.gov/history/the-decision-to-go-to-the-moon/#:~:text=On%20May%2025%2C%201961%2C%20President,the%20end%20of%20the%20decade.] https://www.nasa.gov/history/remembering-yuri-gagarin-50-years-later/ [https://www.nasa.gov/history/remembering-yuri-gagarin-50-years-later/] https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/60-years-ago-alan-shepard-becomes-first-american-space/ [https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/60-years-ago-alan-shepard-becomes-first-american-space/] https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/memo-from-vice-president-johnson-to-president-kennedy-lyndon-baines-johnson/IAEh6QLNQklr4g?hl=en&ms=%7B%22x%22%3A0.5762277142862293%2C%22y%22%3A0.6907969692365101%2C%22z%22%3A9.914406070138874%2C%22size%22%3A%7B%22width%22%3A1.6731260809418236%2C%22height%22%3A0.6184060615269797%7D%7D [https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/memo-from-vice-president-johnson-to-president-kennedy-lyndon-baines-johnson/IAEh6QLNQklr4g?hl=en&ms=%7B%22x%22%3A0.5762277142862293%2C%22y%22%3A0.6907969692365101%2C%22z%22%3A9.914406070138874%2C%22size%22%3A%7B%22width%22%3A1.6731260809418236%2C%22height%22%3A0.6184060615269797%7D%7D] https://www.nasa.gov/people/wernher-von-braun/ [https://www.nasa.gov/people/wernher-von-braun/] https://www.nasa.gov/johnson/about-johnson/ [https://www.nasa.gov/johnson/about-johnson/] https://www.nasa.gov/kennedy/kennedy-space-center-history/ [https://www.nasa.gov/kennedy/kennedy-space-center-history/] https://taxfoundation.org/blog/apollo-moon-space-race-industrial-policy-cost/#:~:text=From%201960%20to%201973%2C%20the,a%20man%20on%20the%20moon. [https://taxfoundation.org/blog/apollo-moon-space-race-industrial-policy-cost/#:~:text=From%201960%20to%201973%2C%20the,a%20man%20on%20the%20moon.] https://spaceinsider.tech/2025/02/06/nasas-budget-over-time-a-comprehensive-analysis/#:~:text=1958%E2%80%931970%3A%20The%20Early%20Years%20and%20the%20Apollo%20Era,-The%20Apollo%20days&text=As%20documented%20by%20the%20Planetary,4%25%20of%20the%20federal%20budget. [https://spaceinsider.tech/2025/02/06/nasas-budget-over-time-a-comprehensive-analysis/#:~:text=1958%E2%80%931970%3A%20The%20Early%20Years%20and%20the%20Apollo%20Era,-The%20Apollo%20days&text=As%20documented%20by%20the%20Planetary,4%25%20of%20the%20federal%20budget.] https://www.npr.org/2019/06/12/731660780/one-giant-leap-explores-the-herculean-effort-behind-the-1969-moon-landing [https://www.npr.org/2019/06/12/731660780/one-giant-leap-explores-the-herculean-effort-behind-the-1969-moon-landing] https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/20/jfk-proposes-joint-lunar-expedition-with-soviets-sept-20-1963-242843 [https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/20/jfk-proposes-joint-lunar-expedition-with-soviets-sept-20-1963-242843] https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-proposes-joint-mission-to-the-moon [https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-proposes-joint-mission-to-the-moon] https://www.nasa.gov/history/JFK-Webbconv/pages/backgnd.html#:~:text=In%20September%201963%2C%20during%20a,essentially%20made%20the%20proposal%20irrelevant. [https://www.nasa.gov/history/JFK-Webbconv/pages/backgnd.html#:~:text=In%20September%201963%2C%20during%20a,essentially%20made%20the%20proposal%20irrelevant.] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/kenn [https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/kenn] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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