The space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union continued even as Apollo 11 astronauts were already walking on the moon. Apollo50th
The space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union continued even as Apollo 11 astronauts were already walking on the moon.
When President John F. Kennedy challenged the U.S. to put a man on the moon in less than a decade, the Soviets made it their mission to beat them. "The crew did not know about Luna 15 or its goal," Armstrong said."Mission control informed the crew of the existence of the Soviet craft while they were en route to the moon."
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