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A president’s promise

Back then, President Kennedy said that the USA would reach the moon before the decade ends. Some people believed that President Kennedy made this promise to irk the Soviets. Back then, there was a war between the USA and the USSR. Both countries were also leading the world on the space front so there was a desire to improve the US space program at the time.

When America announced the moon landing mission, the USSR was way ahead of them when it came to space exploration. The Soviets already had Sputnik, the first orbiting satellite in history. Yuri Gagarin of the USSR was also the first man sent to space. It was clear that the USA space program needed to catch up.