Politics
Flags with the Moon
*I mean no disrespect by displaying national flags in a grid. It is good practice to display all national flags at the same level, but I chose to display the flags alphabetically in a grid so that is it easier to make comparisons among the flags. I apologize and welcome suggestions for better methods.
President Kennedy Before a Joint Session of Congress
In an address to a Joint session of the United States Congress, Kennedy announces full presidential support for the goal to "commit...before this decade is out, to landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth" and urges Congress to appropriate the necessary funds, eventually consuming the largest financial expenditure of any nation in peacetime.
"We choose to go to the Moon"
This video presents unedited film footage of President John F. Kennedy's speech at Rice University, Houston, Texas, September 12, 1962. The speech expresses the commitment of the United States to landing an astronaut on the Moon.
Soviet Union
Sergei Khrushchev (Interview excerpt)
Flag on the Moon
Thank you to Draper and its "We Hack the Moon" initiative for supporting PBS Digital Studios. Learn more at https://wehackthemoon.com Join us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/originofeverything Why did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin plant a flag on the moon? Moreover, why do astronauts and space agencies from across the world continually send their nations' flags to space?
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project
Astronaut Thomas Stafford and Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov shaking hands in Earth orbit on July 17, 1975.
Earlier joint project proposal (1963)