1960s Timeline

Psychiatrist: NASA Astronauts Largely Free of Self-Doubt

Nov. 21, 1962 - JFK: Landing on Moon before Soviets "Our Top Priority"

Warrant Issued for Astronaut Grissom

Major Cooper Named for Next Mercury Flight

First U.S. Space Chimp is Dead

Astronaut Schirra Visits President Kennedy

Oct. 15, 1962 - Homecoming Celebration for NASA Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr.

NASA: Gordon or Shepard to Make Next Orbital Flight

🚨Schirra Flies Six Orbits, Returns Safely

Congress Endorses Force, if Necessary, on Cuba

Senate Passes Administration’s Foreign Trade Bill in Major Victory for President

(VIDEO) John Glenn Documentary

Nine New Astronauts Introduced in Houston

Armstrong One of Nine New Astronauts Picked by NASA

Sept. 12, 1962 - JFK Remarks in St. Louis

Sept. 12, 1962 - JFK Remarks at NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston

JFK Speaks at Rice University

Huge Crowd Greets President in Houston

Aug. 31, 1962 - JFK Remarks Upon Signing the Satellite Act

Gagarin Says Moon Trip Will Be “Group Effort”