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This was President Ronald Reagan's idea. This, in the end, was challenger's mission patch.
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// Man Kind's Jump to the Moon //
==     //    40 years ago, human men began to, for the first time, leave our planet and go to the moon. from 1968 to 1972    The nasa's apollo astronauts tested out new spacecraft and journeyed to uncharted destinations. //     ==

=              = On May 25, 1961, John F. Kennedy announced the goal of sending humans to the moon befor the decade was over. A little more than 3 weeks after Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space, Kennedy set the nation on a journey unlike any before in human history.

// This is Apollo 13's mission patch. A reminder for of that tragic Friday the 13th. //
//8 years of hard work by thousands of Americans came to a success on July 20, 1060, when Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong took "one small step for man," and "a giant leap for mankind." BELOW, A VIDEO ON APOLLO 11 IS THE LINK. **     http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/apollo11/index1.html http://www.beliefnet.com/News/Politics/2000/09/I-Believe-In-An-America-Where-The-Separation-Of-Church-And-State-Is-Absolute.aspx Other facts First 3 person crew was in 1964. Ed White was the first spacewalk. ****  First artificial satellite sent 1957. Not all crew members were full time astronauts. ****  First successful mission to mars was Mariner 4. First American in space was a chimpanzee named Ham. Bees made a hive in space during mission. Apollo 16 sent April 16 1972 / Apollo 13 sent April 11 1970.

Apollo 13 facts

Apollo 13 went wrong on Friday, April 13, 1970. What went wrong on Apollo 13 was: A small explosion blew up one oxygen tank and caused a slow leak on the 2nd oxygen tank. **           **The oxygen tank not only posed a problem for the piolets, but it also blew Apollo 13 off course ever so slowly**      //