America's exploration of space initially lagged behind the former Soviet Union. The success of the former Soviet Union in launching the first artificial earth satellite and sending the first astronaut into space greatly stimulated the United States. In order to break the space superiority of the former Soviet Union,1961On May 25th, US President Kennedy approved NASA's "Apollo" moon landing plan, and said in Congress that the United States would send a man to the moon within ten years. Although the plan was very difficult for the United States at that time, in order to solve the technical problems, the United States used almost all the resources and finally realized the dream of landing on the moon in June 65438+July 265438+0,0969. At this point, the journey of human exploration of space has turned a new page. Then, the space shuttle appeared, the space station was launched, the manned space technology became more and more mature, and mankind made progress one after another in space science. New China has also made a series of brilliant achievements.