Behind the Scenes of Apollo 11: Unveiling the Story of a Historic Mission The world has long celebrated the historic achievements of space exploration, but few missions have captured the imagination like Apollo 11.
On July 16, 1969, NASA's most ambitious undertaking to date set out to land the first humans on the moon. The circumstances that drove America to embark on such a monumental quest were rooted in President John F.
Kennedy's famous "We choose to go to the Moon" speech in 1962. Kennedy's vision for a manned lunar mission was sparked by the Soviet Union's success in launching Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin into space.