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White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-230-003
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks in the White House Rose Garden at the presentation of the Robert J. Collier Trophy for 1962 to the original team of United States Astronauts: Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, Major L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., Major Virgil I. Grissom, Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Major Donald K. Slayton. In his speech President Kennedy discusses the international significance of Project Mercury.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-187-003
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks upon presenting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Astronaut Gordon Cooper in the White House Rose Garden.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-115-001
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks on the South Lawn of the White House at the presentation of the 1961 Robert J. Collier Trophy to Major Robert M. White, Joseph A. Walker, A. Scott Crossfield, and Commander Forrest Petersen for their skill and courage as test pilots of the X-15 aircraft.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-029-003
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at the presentation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Alan Shepard in the White House Rose Garden. In his remarks President Kennedy congratulates Commander Shepard on his successful completion of the Mercury-Redstone 3 test flight (also known as the Freedom 7), during which Shepard became the first American to make a suborbital flight in space. The President also discusses the national and international significance of the flight. The recording includes remarks from Commander Shepard.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-075-004
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at the ceremonies presenting Dr. Robert R. Gilruth and Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal held at Hangar “S” in Cape Canaveral, Florida.