Abstract
Work took them far afield—to Washington, D.C., Texas, Florida, Ohio, some as far away as California. But they were united by their start here in Western Pennsylvania. Part of an army of 400,000 men and women, they answered the call that President John F. Kennedy issued in May 1961 to put a man on the Moon and safely return him to Earth within the decade. Each had very different skills, but their combined talents and passion to meet the challenge contributed to the success of the space program. We know the names of the three men who completed the mission to the Moon in 1969—Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins—now meet a few of the Western Pennsylvanians who made that mission possible.
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