Gemini And Apollo

S1 E2: America Pulled Out All The Stops To Fulfill Kennedys Promise Made In 1962 To Put A Man On The Moon Before The End Of The Decade After The Gemini Program Which Allowed Nasa To Make Up Ground On Its Rival America Embarked On The Apollo Program This Began With The Apollo 1 Tragedy When Three Astronauts Died During An Exercise And Culminated With The Triumph Of Apollo 11 On 20 July 1969 Neil Armstrong Became The First Man To Walk On The Moon As The Whole World Watched In Wonder