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55 Years Ago: Space Task Group Proposes Post-Apollo Plan to President Nixon

The Apollo 11 mission in July 1969 completed the goal set by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to the Earth

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55 Years Ago: President Nixon Establishes Space Task Group to Chart Post-Apollo Plans

In 1969, Nixon appointed a Space Task Group which presented recommendations including building an Earth-orbiting space station, a lunar-orbiting space station, a base on the lunar surface, and a human expedition to Mars. They were too expensive, so Nixon directed NASA to build the Space Shuttle

65 Years Ago: NASA Formally Establishes The Space Task Group

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