Kennedy Space Speech

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.

Kennedy space speech. A number of political factors affected kennedy s decision and the timing of it. Thank you very much mike. 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.

We re all so grateful to mike s wonderful wife karen for being here and for all she does for our country. Kennedy about the effort to reach the moon to a large crowd gathered at rice stadium in houston texas on september 12 1962. I want to thank our great vice president for your fearless and tireless commitment to fulfilling america s destiny in space.

On may 25 1961 president john f. Before a joint session of congress. 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.

This nasa provided transcript shows the text of kennedy s speech and what it called for in 1961 to put americans in space and on the moon before the decade ended. 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. Shepard became the first american in space.

We have vowed that we shall not see space filled with weapons of mass destruction but with instruments of knowledge and understanding. 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. About 2 1 2 years after giving.

On a very hot late summer s day in 1962 president kennedy visited rice university in houston texas and gave this speech outdoors in the football stadium. Kennedy s special message to congress on urgent national needs came on may 25 just three weeks after mercury astronaut alan b. 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.