Kennedy Space Speech

On may 25 1961 president john f.

Kennedy space speech. To the incredible men and women of nasa from here at kennedy space center to the johnson space center in texas we love you too to nasa plum brook station in sandusky ohio. Delivered at the height of the cold war with the soviet union the speech is best known for kennedy s audacious challenge to nasa and america. For the eyes of the world now look into space to the moon and to the planets beyond and we have vowed that we shall not see it governed by a hostile flag of conquest but by a banner of freedom and peace. Shepard became the first american in space.

Thank you all for. About 2 1 2 years after giving. Kennedy s special message to congress on urgent national needs came on may 25 just three weeks after mercury astronaut alan b. Terms about the need to solve the mysteries of space reaffirmed america s commitment to landing a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s and also defended.

Kennedy s stirring soaring moon speech delivered at rice university in houston laid out why the president believed sending astronauts to earth s nearest neighbor by the end of the 1960s was so. We have vowed that we shall not see space filled with weapons of mass destruction but with instruments of knowledge and understanding. In 1962 president kennedy made a speech at rice university that has now become one of his most famous and iconic speeches from his presidency. Before a joint session of congress.

Kennedy about the effort to reach the moon to a large crowd gathered at rice stadium in houston texas on september 12 1962. Thank you very much mike. I want to thank our great vice president for your fearless and tireless commitment to fulfilling america s destiny in space. Kennedy announced before a special joint session of congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an american safely to the moon before the end of the decade.

On a beautiful fall afternoon he told a cheering crowd of 40 000 people that the united states must be bold and cannot fall behind in the race for space. We choose to go to the moon officially titled as the address at rice university on the nation s space effort is a speech delivered by united states president john f. A number of political factors affected kennedy s decision and the timing of it. Kennedy s may 25 1961 speech.

We re all so grateful to mike s wonderful wife karen for being here and for all she does for our country.