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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-05-16-G
AR36
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-05-16-F
AR36, ST24
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7917-A
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers a television and radio address to the nation following the successful completion of astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper's Mercury-Atlas 9 orbital flight (also known as Faith 7), as part of the final manned space mission of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Project Mercury program. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7917-B
President John F. Kennedy (standing at his desk) speaks on the telephone with astronaut, Major L. Gordon Cooper, following the successful completion of Major Cooper's Mercury-Atlas 9 orbital flight, as part of the final manned space mission of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Project Mercury program. Major Cooper was aboard the USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) after splashdown and recovery of the Mercury capsule (also known as Faith 7) in the Pacific Ocean. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.