Women of the Apollo Program Women of the Apollo Program The Women of the Apollo Program is a book written by Robyn Friend, illustrated by David Katz, about 4 women who participated in the United States space program during the Apollo Program. Female members of the Apollo Space Program included Bobbie Johnson, Judith Love Cohen, Ann Dickson, and Ann Maybury. Apollo 11 landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Judy worked as an electrical engineer on the abort guidance system of the Apollo Program. The abort guidance system was used during the Apollo 13 mission to safely return the astronauts to the Earth after
Apollo program power, Kennedy used aerospace technology as a symbol of national prestige, pledging to make the US not "first but, first and, first if, but first period." Despite Kennedy's rhetoric, he did not immediately come to a decision on the status of the Apollo program once he became president. He knew little about the technical details of the space program, and was put off by the massive financial commitment required by a manned Moon landing. When Kennedy's newly appointed NASA Administrator James E. Webb requested a 30 percent budget increase for his agency, Kennedy supported an acceleration of NASA's large booster