# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx5YdoJFnju
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2460516-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/87b6c48879.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-05-25T19:05:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

#OTD in 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced his goal to land humans on the moon. The announcement, happening a month after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, heated up the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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#space #interstellar #nasa #galaxy #cosmology #kennedy #astronomy #astronaut #spacetravel #jfk #spacestation #spaceexploration #solarsystem #nasainsight #sovietunion #yurigagarin #blueorigin #spacerace #nasagov

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## Tags

solarsystem, jfk, otd, astronomy, spacetravel, spacestation, nasa, space, spaceexploration, interstellar, galaxy, spacerace, nasainsight, blueorigin, cosmology, sovietunion, nasagov, yurigagarin, kennedy, astronaut

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