JFK
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NASA
55 Years Ago: Nine Months Before the Moon Landing
In October 1968, the American human spaceflight program took significant steps toward achieving President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth before the end of the decade. American astronauts returned to space after a 23-month hiatus. The success of the 11-day Apollo 7 mission heralded well for NASA to decide to…
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NASA
NASA, Rice University Mark 60th Anniversary of John F. Kennedy Speech
NASA and Rice University in Houston will host multiple events in September to celebrate the 60th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s historic speech at Rice Stadium, rallying the nation to land astronauts on the Moon before the end of the decade and bring the crew safely back to Earth. The agency will provide live coverage of the final event at noon EDT…
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Opinion Piece
Space: The Final Frontier
September 12 1962 President Kennedy stood in front of the nation and the world at Rice Stadium and proclaimed that : We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize…
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