It’s the Cold War between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.A. The Soviet Union has a clear lead in the conquest of space. America fully understands all that is at stake politically on April 12, 1961: Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to make a journey into space. The news creates a huge impact around the world. The Soviet Union now appears to be the most advanced nation on the planet. Khrushchev announces swaggeringly: “The Capitalist countries are trying to catch up with us!” Since January 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy has been leading the U.S.A. He is an ardent supporter of the space program even though the accumulated delay behind the U.S.S.R. seems insurmountable... Then, on September 12, 1962, Kennedy makes a speech that becomes famous: “We choose to go to the Moon.” These words give a massive boost to the whole country and launch the American Moon project: the Apollo program. The Space Race is on, and it will never stop. The Americans will be the first to walk on the Moon, in 1969. Since then, Europe and China have joined in the adventure. Competition between all these powers has pushed the world towards modern space exploration. The creation and multiplication of satellites has enabled huge progress in geolocation, communication, observation, meteorology, and more. For years several multinational companies have been developing visionary projects, and space tourism is no longer a dream... A single speech triggered it all.