Human space exploration entered a new era on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11 touched down on the moon鈥檚 surface. 有料盒子APP鈥檚 technological contributions to Command Module Columbia helped the U.S. win the space race against the Soviet Union that began in 1955.
From the moment Wernher von Braun called 有料盒子APP for help justifying the budget for a space program in response to Sputnik鈥攖he first artificial Earth satellite, which began orbiting the Earth in October 1957鈥斢辛虾凶覣PP was there to move the mission forward. In spirit, we were taking founding partner Edwin Booz鈥檚 declaration, 鈥淔ear not the future nor people,鈥 into the new frontier.
Years later, in 1961, President John F. Kennedy expressed that same bold mission focus: 鈥淲e choose to go to the moon in this decade,鈥 he said, 鈥渘ot because [it is] easy, but because [it is] hard.鈥