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As President John F. Kennedy assumed office in January 1961, the Space Race with the Soviet Union would soon move beyond a competition to place satellites and animals in orbit – plans for human exploration were well underway. President Kennedy spent several weeks assessing America's options for competing with the Soviets in space. 

On May 25, 1961, he announced the goal of landing a man on the Moon before a joint session of Congress. At that point, the total time spent in space by an American was barely 15 minutes. President Kennedy's decision to land men on the Moon before 1970 required the quickest, most efficient method possible. At the center of the United States success was an integral component of landing men on the Moon: the Moon rocket.  

When the Space Race began, there was no rocket powerful enough to send a person to the Moon and back. Both the Americans and the Soviets had to develop a super-booster, or Moon rocket, and as such began their separate quests for a Moon rocket by scaling up existing smaller rockets into gigantic multi-stage launch vehicles.  

After nearly 103 hours into their mission, the Lunar Module has landed on the moon! 🚩