1961: Kennedy é eleito Presidente dos E.U.A.

"Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." JFK

"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," he said.

Kennedy tomou posse a 20 de janeiro de 1961, sucedendo a Eisenhower. Foi o 35º Presidente dos E.U.A. JFK foi assassinado a tiro, no dia 22 de novembro de 1963, em Dallas, Texas.

Um dos discurso do presidente:

"Let every nation know... that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty." JFK