NASA, Rice University Mark 60th Anniversary of Kennedy s Moon Speech

Join leaders from NASA and Rice University as we commemorate President John F. Kennedys historic We choose to go to the Moon speech. That address, before a crowd of 35, 000 on Sept. 12, 1962, set NASA and our country on the path to explore worlds beyond our own. Participants will include: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana NASAs Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche NASA astronaut Shannon Walker Rice University President Reggie DesRoches Rice Space Institute Director Dr. David Alexander, Rice Space Institute (master of ceremonies) Retired ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut JeanLoup Chrétien Avalon Hogans, Houstons youth poet laureate Read an excerpt from the 1962 speech at Credit: NASA