We choose to go to the Moon

September 1962 speech by John F. Kennedy
Thing public_speaking Q3566941
We choose to go to the Moon
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

We choose to go to the Moon

Summary

We choose to go to the Moon is a public speaking[1]. It draws 1,644 Wikipedia views per month (public_speaking category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • We choose to go to the Moon authored John F. Kennedy[3].
  • We choose to go to the Moon authored Ted Sorensen[4].
  • We choose to go to the Moon's instance of is recorded as public speaking[5].
  • We choose to go to the Moon's instance of is recorded as oration[6].
  • The location of We choose to go to the Moon was Rice University[7].
  • We choose to go to the Moon's Commons category is recorded as Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort[8].
  • We choose to go to the Moon's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • We choose to go to the Moon occurred on September 12, 1962[10].
  • We choose to go to the Moon's speaker is recorded as John F. Kennedy[11].
  • We choose to go to the Moon's main subject is space race[12].
  • We choose to go to the Moon's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'We choose to go to the Moon'}[13].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6ba3b71b-6bba-4b15-834c-a62445a499b2[14]

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include public speaking[5] and oration[6].

Why It Matters

We choose to go to the Moon draws 1,644 Wikipedia views per month (public_speaking category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). We choose to go to the Moon. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/we-choose-to-go-to-the-moon
MLA “We choose to go to the Moon.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/we-choose-to-go-to-the-moon.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_we-choose-to-go-to-the-moon_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{We choose to go to the Moon}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/we-choose-to-go-to-the-moon}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): We choose to go to the Moon — https://4ort.xyz/entity/we-choose-to-go-to-the-moon (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/we-choose-to-go-to-the-moon · Last refreshed: