Project Apollo

"THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR A MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND." The national effort that enabled Astronaut Neil Armstrong to speak those words as he stepped onto the lunar surface, fulfilled a dream as old as humanity. But Project Apollo's goals went beyond landing Americans on the Moon and returning them safely to Earth:

 

*	To establish the technology to meet other national interests in space;
*	To achieve preeminence in space for the United States;
*	To carry out a program of scientific exploration of the Moon; and
*	To develop man's capability to work in thelunar environment.