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The Apollo program was preceded by Mercury (1961–1963), Gemini (1964–1965), and by the Russian, Vostok (1961–1963) and Voshkod (1964–1965) Soyuz (1967–) programs.
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NASA Apollo 8, Gallery.
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Photos courtesy of NASA.
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Diagram and Photo courtesy of NASA.
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The Dirksen Congressional Center. Whether Speaker Dirksen ever actually said this is not clear, but it is generally ascribed to him.
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Photo courtesy of NASA on line image ESA/alldayru.com.
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Korolev, James Harford (1997)
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NASA Apollo 9 Gallery.
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NASA, Apollo 11 Gallery.
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Courtesy of NASA.
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NASA, Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 Galleries.
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Fuller, M. (2014). Apollo: Getting to the Moon. In: Our Beautiful Moon and its Mysterious Magnetism. SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00278-1_4
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