Kennedy Addresses Congress | Chasing the Moon | American Experience | PBS

In an address to a joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961, JFK announced that it was "time for a great new American enterprise": to land a man on the Moon before the end of the decade.
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“Chasing the Moon,” a film by Robert Stone, reimagines the race to the moon for a new generation, upending much of the conventional mythology surrounding the effort. The series recasts the Space Age as a fascinating stew of scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama. Utilizing a visual feast of previously overlooked and lost archival material - much of which has never before been seen by the public - the film features a diverse cast of characters who played key roles in these historic events. Among those included are astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Frank Borman and Bill Anders; Sergei Khrushchev, son of the former Soviet premier and a leading Soviet rocket engineer; Poppy Northcutt, a 25-year old “mathematics whiz” who gained worldwide attention as the first woman to serve in the all-male bastion of NASA’s Mission Control; and Ed Dwight, the Air Force pilot selected by the Kennedy administration to train as America’s first black astronaut.
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[@mariechristensen8390]

Gee I wish he would have lived longer... a hard worker. Rest In Peace President Kennedy . If you lived my husband wouldn’t have been drafted and serve in Vietnam , a useless war.

[@mariechristensen8390]

Dudebro13454 Bro no read history. President Eisenhower was part of it. Kennedy wanted a withdrawal

[@thomaspaine3395]

Kennedy was probably one of the greatest public speakers we had as president, up there wth Reagan!

[@someonefromtheearth4720]

Next year today will be the 60th anniversary of this speech!

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

Always loved the fact that this speech was given on my mother's 4th birthday. It was May 25th, 1961, and I believe there was a bigger significance to this date. George Lucas must have been affected by the JFK Moon Speech. How do I know this? Look at the premiere date for his 1st Star Wars film: MAY 25TH, 1977...🇵🇷🇺🇸🤔🦂

[@agent7641]

It is all debt and still has never paid for! Worth it? *NO*