What involvement did john F kennedy have in the space program?
John F. Kennedy was the President of the USA during the time of the ‘Space Race’ between the Soviet Union and the US. Both nations were striving to reach the moon and claim all the political honours of being first. JFK was the leader of the US and he pledged full support of the nation to ensure that NASA had what it needed to get into space and to reach the moon before the Soviet Union did.