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Apollo 1 Persuasive Speech

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Apollo was NASA’s three-man space capsule which was unveiled in 1960. It was a dream and the goal of our country in 1961 Pres. Kennedy announced he wanted a man sent to the moon. Plus the Soviet Union was well into the space race after becoming the first in sending a man into space. The United States wanted to hold the title in becoming the first in the world to successfully send a man to the moon. Unfortunately in 1967 tragedy struck the Apollo program when Apollo 1 had a fire during a launch test killing all three crewmembers this tragedy had set the program back until NASA was able to correct the problem. Apollo spacecraft 7-10 were all “dress rehearsal” missions leading up to the Apollo 11 mission In July 1969 when Neil Armstrong stepped

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