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This is the dramatic story of NASA's Apollo Program, beginning with President Kennedy's ambitious deadline for a lunar landing by the end of the decade, in response to Soviet success with Sputnik and ...

Only in hindsight did NASA realize that the fire had been a tragedy waiting to happen. After Apollo 1, the space program continued with a renewed purpose and diligence. Frank Borman, the ...