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The Astronauts And The Apollo Program
I have always been fascinated with astronauts and the space program. This is why I picked this topic to research. I remember hearing often about my mother’s cousin Don Lind, who was an astronaut and seeing his picture in the family album. I thought it was pretty cool to be related to someone who actually flew into space.

Project Apollo, or the Apollo Program was the human spaceflight program organized by the United States. (NASA) National Aeronautics and Space Administration, endeavored to land the first human on the moon. The project ran from 1969-1972.[1]

What questions were asked? The entire Space program was built on questions. Questions like: Can we get a man into space? Can we land on the moon? And what

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