File:Kennedy Giving Historic Speech to Congress - GPN-2000-001658.jpg

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English: 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.
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- Speeches by John F. Kennedy
- 1961 in Washington, D.C.
- May 1961 in the United States
- United States Congress
- John F. Kennedy in 1961
- Lyndon B. Johnson in 1961
- Sam Rayburn
- Joint sessions of the United States Congress
- Apollo program
- 1961 in spaceflight
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