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The Apollo Program
President John F. Kennedy dreamed of putting humans on the moon.
The Apollo program was the final step in turning his dream into reality.
- create the technology to meet the country's other interests in space
- achieve superiority in space for the United States
- carry out scientific exploration of the moon, and
- develop the ability for humans to work on the moon
To reach the moon, the Apollo program would need the most powerful
rockets ever built. Wernher von Braun and his team would develop the
mighty Saturn rockets to do the job. The program would use a
three-person spacecraft.
