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How was the USA\u2019s quest to get the first man on the moon going halfway between JFK\u2019s pledge and Neil Armstrong\u2019s first giant step? Colonel John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, reviews NASA\u2019s achievements before giving us a stage-by-stage view of how NASA was planning to get an astronaut to the moon and back.\n\nThe lecture concludes with a fascinating question and answer session. A longer version of this recording, which includes Glenn talking through a range of images from the Space Programme, can be found on the RAeS website.\n\nColonel John Glenn addressed the Royal Aeronautical Society on 8 October 1965. The recording was digitised thanks to a grant from the RAeS Foundation and the podcast was edited by Eur Ing Mike Stanberry FRAeS.