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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-01-17-B
AR31, ST19, KN29
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C26061
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officials present President John F. Kennedy with a model of the Mariner 2 spacecraft. (L-R) Hugh L. Dryden, Deputy Administrator of NASA; Dr. William H. Pickering, Director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL); Jack N. James, Project Manager of Mariner 2 for JPL; Dr. James E. Webb, Administrator of NASA (in back, partially hidden); Robert J. Parks, Planetary Programs Director for JPL; President Kennedy; Dr. Homer E. Newell, Jr., Director of NASA's Office of Space Sciences; Edgar M. Cortright, Deputy Director of NASA's Office of Space Sciences; two unidentified (one in back, partially hidden); and Oran W. Nicks, Director of NASA's Lunar and Planetary Programs. According to the President's schedule, also present at the meeting are: Fred D. Kochendorfer, NASA Mariner Program Chief; NASA officials Dr. George Simpson and Chris Clausen. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.300a, “Model of Mariner II Spacecraft.”]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C26055
President John F. Kennedy (right) examines a model of the Mariner 2 spacecraft (on the President's desk) that was presented to him by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officials. Looking on (L-R): Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate Administrator of NASA; Robert J. Parks, Planetary Programs Director for NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL); Dr. William H. Pickering, Director of JPL; and Dr. James E. Webb, Administrator of NASA (in back). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.300a, “Model of Mariner II Spacecraft.”]