One small step. ⁣ ⁣ Addressing Congress and the nation, President John F. Kennedy said on May 25, 1961, “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” ⁣ ⁣ Spoiler alert: We did. ⁣ ⁣ Humanity’s first giant leap was achieved on July 20, 1969, when the Apollo 11 mission landed on the Moon and astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first to walk on the lunar surface. Astronaut Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit inside the Command and Service Module as Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the Lunar Module and explored. ⁣ ⁣ Today, we have huge boots to fill as we make progress toward #Artemis II and upcoming Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, deliveries. These scientific gains at the Moon prepare us for humanity’s next giant leap: Mars! ⁣ ⁣ Image description: Pictured here is a bootprint on the Moon, made by American astronaut Buzz Aldrin during th...