COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Solarsystem Collection
Record
title:
Kennedy Giving Historic Speech to Congress
description:
President John F. Kennedy in his historic message to a joint session of the Congress, on May 25, 1961 declared, "...I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." This goal was achieved when astronaut Neil A. Armstrong became the first human to set foot upon the Moon at 10:56 p.m. EDT, July 20, 1969. Shown in the background are, (left) Vice President Lyndon Johnson, and (right) Speaker of the House Sam T. Rayburn. *Image Credit*: NASA
date:
05.25.1961
keywords:
JPL,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,NASA,National Aeronautics and Space Administration,Planets,SSE,Solar System Exploration,Space
facet_what:
Earth,Moon
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
05-25-1961,July 20, 1969,May 25, 1961
facet_when_year:
1961,1969
facet_who:
Lyndon B. Johnson,Neil A. Armstrong
UID:
SPD-SLRSY-1766
