President John F. Kennedy on Sept. 12, 1962, delivered at Rice Stadium what would become one of his most famous speeches. Amidst the backdrop of the Cold War, the president declared his goal to get a ...
HOUSTON — Monday marks 60 years since former President John F. Kennedy gave his famous speech at Rice University, reaffirming his support for the manned space program. It was on Sept. 12, 1962, in the ...
A celebrated lectern -- on display at Space Center Houston for more than 30 years and said to be the one from which President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "moon shot" speech in 1962 -- is a ...
From the center of Rice Stadium, President John F. Kennedy warmed up his audience with a joke. He wanted to put a man on the moon, he said, for the same reason a team plays its rival in football. “But ...
DALLAS — In what it termed “a remarkable turn of events”, Space Center Houston on Tuesday unveiled a restored lectern made by IBM, and announced that it had “conclusive authentication” that the item ...
HOUSTON — The lectern President John F. Kennedy used to deliver his historic, "We choose to go to the moon" speech is back on display at Space Center Houston. The real one, according to Space Center ...
HOUSTON, Texas -- Space Center Houston officials have confirmed the authenticity of the lectern used by President John F. Kennedy to deliver his famous moon speech at Rice University in 1962. The ...
A celebrated lectern -- on display at Space Center Houston for more than 30 years and said to be the one from which President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "moon shot" speech in 1962 -- is a ...