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— 1972: Apollo 17, the last manned mission to the moon, ended with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. American astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt walked, and even drove a lunar rover, on the Moon, while Ronald Evans orbited above in the command module. This was the last time humans have left Earth’s orbit. — "The Space Race". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy famously promised to land a man on the moon within that decade. But why was there a race to the moon anyway? Get your questions about the space race answered and discover little known facts. For example, many don't realize that a former Nazi rocket scientist was the main contributor to America's satellite and moon program, or that the USSR led the race until the mid-1960s. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app. — link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/37bm0Lxf8D9gzT2CbPiONg — link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-space-race/id1632161929?i=1000571614289 submitted by /u/Augustus923 |