A brief history of travel into the ultimate wild blue yonder, space, and additional uses for the accompanying technology. Russia's keen interest in engineering space travel, ended in sending the first man into orbit. With the birth of NASA, The U.S. had the dedicated resources to get human beings into space, and on July 16, 1969, John Kennedy's dream, Apollo 11 lifted off, destination - The Moon. Satellites have become a part of everyday life, including weather forecasting, communications, air travel, photographic surveys, etc.