John F. Kennedy
publication date: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 (part of Summer 2019)
category: 
Government
clue: The American space program kicked into high gear thanks to this president's belief that "this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates
Apollo 11 Week: Few events have captured the imagination of the world like the first Moon landing on July 20, 1969. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the historic event, here are seven people whose work made it possible.Similar Goos
John F. Kennedy
I hope his classmates voted him Most Likely to Succeed, since he ascended to the highest office in the land. Go »
Buzz Aldrin
He must have been buzzing with excitement when it was his turn to set foot on the Moon. Go »
Michael Collins
He too made the voyage from the Earth to the Moon (except for the final descent), and designed the mission patch. Go »
Jim Lovell
He was Apollo 11's backup commander in case of a problem, but he found a very famous problem himself as a commander two missions later. Go »
Gene Kranz
Failure wasn't an option for this mission control director on any of his Apollo missions, including 11 and 13. Go »
