Watch President Kennedy's Moonshot moment in front of Congress on 60th anniversary

On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy uttered these historic words: "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 Earth." Watch an excerpt of the speech conducted in front of a joint session of Congress. Full Story: https://www.space.com/jfk-moon-speech-congress-apollo-60-years Kennedy also told Congress and the nation that "space is open to us now," and said that space exploration "may hold the key to our future here on Earth." Then he issued an audacious challenge to NASA that seemed unthinkable.