60. [Project Apollo] THE VISIONARIES OF THE MOON LANDING: Dr. Wernher von Braun Briefs President Kennedy on the Saturn Rocket NASA, November 1963 Printed 1963. Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper [NASA image LOC 63P-147]. With NASA-USAF caption numbered "LOC 63P-147" and RCA photo laboratory quality control stamp on the reverse (issued by NASA Kennedy Space Centre.) 20.3 x 25.4 cm. (8 x 10 in.) Historical context This historic photograph captures two key visionaries behind the U.S. Moon landing: President John F. Kennedy and Project Apollo chief architect Wernher von Braun, during a briefing on the Saturn launch system at Cape Canaveral on November 16, 1963. Kennedy's bold goal, articulated in his iconic 1962 "Moon speech" at Rice University, was realized on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon, fulfilling the President's vision and cementing the legacy of the Apollo program. This visit marked Kennedy's final trip to the Florida Space Centre before his assassination on November 22, 1963. Following his death, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy suggested renaming the Cape Canaveral facility to honour the President who had inspired the nation with his vision of landing a man on the Moon. On Thanksgiving evening, six days after the tragedy, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced via executive order that the facility would be renamed Cape Kennedy, a designation that lasted from 1963 to 1973.