Prsident John Kennedy started the space mission to land a man on the moon and to bring him back safely,The Apollo mission.
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President Kennedy.
In some ways Kennedy's commitment to the space program was an extension of the Cold War. Kennedy wanted to surpass the Russians in space exploration. It was a contest of technology.
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The first flight for the Space Shuttle program took place on April 12, 1981, though the program officially began in 1972. There were 135 flights that took place before the program ended in 2011.
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