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May 1961. >> even though i realize that this is in some measure an act of faith and vision for we do not now know what benefits await us, but if i were to say, my fellow citizens, that we shall send to the moon, 240,000 miles away from the control station in houston, a giant rocket, more than 300 feet tall, fitted together with a precision better than the finest watch, carrying all the equipment needed for propulsion, guidance, control, communications, food and survival, on an untried mission to...

[ cheers and applause ] and the flags are waving and the cigars are being lit up. and clear across the big board in front is president john f. kennedys message to congress of may 1961. >> even though i realize that this is in some measure an act of faith and vision, for we do not now know what benefits await us, but if i were to say, my fellow citizens, that we shall

>> the apollo 11 plaque has been hung in the mission control center. a replica of the crew patch. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ and the flags are waving and the cigars are being lit up. and clear across the big board in front is president john f. kennedys message to congress of may 1961. >> even though i realize that this is in some measure an act of faith and vision, for we do

May 1961. >> even though i realize that this is in some measure an act of faith and vision for we do not now know what benefits await us, but if i were to say, my fellow citizens, that we shall send to the moon, 240,000 miles away from the control station in houston, a giant rocket, more than 300 feet tall, fitted together with a precision better than the finest watch, carrying all the equipment needed for propulsion, guidance, control, communications, food and survival, on an untried mission to...

>> and the flags are waving and the cigars are being lit up. and clear across the big board in front is president john f. kennedys message of congress of may, 1961. >> even though i realize that this is in some measure an act of faith and vision, for we do not now know what benefits await us, but if i were to say, my fellow citizens, that we shall send to the moon 240,000 miles away from the control station in houston a giant rocket more than 300 feet tall fitted together with a precision better...

And the flags are waving and the cigars are basically lit up and clear across the big board in front is president john f. kennedys message to congress of may, 1961. >> even though i realize that this is in some measure an act of faith and vision for we do not now know what benefits await us, but if i were to say, my fellow citizens, that we shall send to the moon 240,000 miles away from the control station in houston a giant rocket more than 300 feet tall fitted together with a precision better ...

Satisfied or go along with this system. >> fresh from student sittins in nashville, john lewis found a new way to contribute in 1961. a group put out a call for black and white volunteers to ride buses headed into the jim crowe south. traveling together would surely put them all in danger. >> they both applied. john was accepted because he was 21. i asked my father if i could go. he said do you think im going sign your death warrant? >> despite the warning lewis went ahead as one of the original...

>> fresh from the student sit-ins in nashville, john lewis found a new way to contribute to the civil rights movement in 1961. a group called the congress of racial equality, or c.o.r.e. put out a call for black and white volunteers to ride buses headed into the jim crow south. traveling together would surely put them all in danger. >> they both applied. john was accepted because he was 21. i asked my father if i could go. he said do you think im going sign your death warrant? >> despite that wa...

Sign up online and get a $300 pre-paid card. comcast business. beyond fast. i believe that 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. >> it set our sights up high. and when you look up, you think of something more than yourself. its just terrific. >> in may, 1961, jfk announces to the world an extraordinarily ambitious project.

>> in may, 1961, jfk announces to the world an extraordinarily ambitious project. >> now it is time to take longer strides, time for a great new american enterprise. >> the soviets have already put the first man into space, and after the bay of pigs fiasco, jack cannot afford for america to be left behind. >> the united states was engaged in a space race with the russian. we werent trying to just beat the soviets militarily. we were trying to beat them to new frontiers. >> this is the kennedy ap...