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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “That we are climbing back up the ladder is apparent in the matchless performance of our most recent flight.”

On the recordOctober 14, 1962
That we are climbing back up the ladder is apparent in the matchless performance of our most recent flight.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Message to the Director of NASA Commending Commander Schirra and the Mercury Team.

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