Moon Expoloration The U. S. has explored the moon since the 1960,s. "The Apollo Program" tells why the United States went to the moon. "The Apollo Spacecraft" tells ho we got to the moon. "The First Lunar Landing" tells about the first voyage to the moon. This paper will discus the lunar landing. The Apollo progam was made to meet the goal set by John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961. The goal was to land a man on the moon and return him to Earth alive and well. The program was a succes. There were 11 manned lunar landings and other test flights totaling 15 manned flights. Out of all these there was only one major problem, and no one was injured.