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Tight Squeeze
The Friendship 7 capsule barely fits John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth. (1.2MB)
Courtesy NASA
Top Priority
Listen: JFK makes a moon landing top priority in a meeting with NASA Administrator Jim Webb, and Science Advisor Jerome Wiesner, 11/21/62.
Get the Memo
Memo from JFK to LBJ. The Vice President is now in charge of the space program.
Courtesy John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
To the Moon!
Watch JFK tell Congress America must go to the moon: May 25, 1961.
Courtesy John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Space Race
Read JFK’s telegram to Kruschev. Congratulations, Soviet Union, on being first in space.
Courtesy John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Lift Off
The Friendship 7 leaves Earth, launching John Glen from Florida into orbit.
Courtesy John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
