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President John F. Kennedy visits with astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra (back to camera), during a tour of the Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston, stands left of President Kennedy; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (back to camera), stands behind Commander Schirra in foreground. Also pictured: Commander of the 6555th Aerospace Test Wing, Colonel Paul R. Wignall; Director of NASA's Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center, Major General Leighton I. Davis; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) presents the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right of lectern, in profile) at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Standing on the platform, first row (L-R): astronaut Captain Virgil “Gus” Grissom, astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Congressman George P. Miller of California (leaning over), Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth (partially hidden behind President Kennedy), Administrator of NASA James E. Webb (hidden behind Lieutenant Colonel Glenn), Glenn's wife Annie Glenn, Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis, Governor Farris Bryant of Florida, and Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh. Second row, beginning at right of lectern (L-R): Congressman Albert Thomas of Texas (mostly hidden behind Dr. Gilruth), Senator George Smathers of Florida (mostly hidden), astronaut Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn, his son David Glenn, astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (mostly hidden behind Mrs. Glenn), and astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton (mostly hidden behind Major General Davis).
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President John F. Kennedy speaks from a lectern at the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Standing on the platform, front row (L-R): astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., astronaut Captain Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Congressman George P. Miller (California), Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth, Administrator of NASA James E. Webb, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, his wife Annie Glenn, Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis, Governor Farris Bryant of Florida, and unidentified. Second row, beginning at right of lectern (L-R): Senator George Smathers of Florida (partially hidden behind Administrator Webb), astronaut Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Glenn's son David Glenn, astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (partially hidden), and astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton (partially hidden). An unidentified man stands in the foreground at right, in front of the space capsule Friendship 7.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, in profile) visits the Mercury Control Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, prior to the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. Lieutenant Colonel Glenn stands to the right of President Kennedy; all others unidentified. Brevard County, Florida.
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President John F. Kennedy (right) visits the Mercury Control Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, prior to the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (L-R) Dr. Stanley C. White, Chief of Life Systems Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center; unidentified; Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Project Mercury Flight Director; Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (mostly hidden behind Mr. Kraft); and President Kennedy. Brevard County, Florida.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) visits the Mercury Control Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, prior to the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. In the foreground (L-R): President Kennedy, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, Project Mercury Flight Director Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. (mostly hidden behind astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr.), and Commander Shepard (facing away). Brevard County, Florida.
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President John F. Kennedy visits the Mercury Control Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, prior to the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (L-R) Dr. Stanley C. White, Chief of Life Systems Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center; unidentified; Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Project Mercury Flight Director; Lieutenant Colonel Glenn; and President Kennedy. Brevard County, Florida.
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Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right of lectern) stands with his wife, Annie Glenn, daughter, Lyn Glenn, and son, David Glenn, upon receiving the NASA Distinguished Service Medal from President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Looking on (L-R): Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., astronaut Captain Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Congressman George P. Miller of California (partially hidden), Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth (mostly hidden, left of Lieutenant Colonel Glenn), Administrator of NASA James E. Webb (mostly hidden, left of Mrs. Glenn), unidentified (in back, partially hidden), Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington), Congressman Harold C. Ostertag (New York), and astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (wearing sunglasses).
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Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) explains the details of the space capsule Friendship 7 to President John F. Kennedy (at right, facing away) following the presentation ceremony of his National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Glenn's son David Glenn (over Glenn's shoulder), President Kennedy's brother-in-law Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland (partially hidden behind David Glenn), Glenn's wife Annie Glenn (left of President Kennedy), and Senator George Smathers of Florida (in back at right, facing away).
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Annie Glenn, wife of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (center), steps up to view the interior of the space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (in profile, behind Mrs. Glenn) at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (directly in front of President Kennedy) look on from right. Others looking on include (L-R): Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (back left, in profile), Congressman Harold C. Ostertag of New York (in profile, right of Senator Magnuson), Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (directly behind Glenn), President Kennedy's brother-in-law Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland (partially hidden, right of Senator Kerr), Congressman Dante B. Fascell of Florida (facing the camera, right of Glenn), Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (in profile, right of Mrs. Glenn), Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth (mostly hidden, behind Lyn Glenn), Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (in profile, behind Dr. Gilruth), Congressman A. Sydney Herlong, Jr. of Florida (behind and to the left of Vice President Johnson), and Senator George Smathers of Florida (behind and to the right of the Vice President).
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Annie Glenn, wife of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., looks inside the space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. President John F. Kennedy (third from right, with back to camera) stands at far right with Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (in profile), Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden). Others pictured include: astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton (standing on platform above, left of capsule), Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (in back, left of Mrs. Glenn), Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (partially hidden behind Mrs. Glenn), his son David Glenn (left of Glenn), Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (directly behind David Glenn), and Senator George Smathers of Florida (on far right edge of image).
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President John F. Kennedy (right) walks with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (center) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station upon his arrival for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Walking behind are White House Secret Service Agent Floyd Boring (left of Glenn) and Congressman Paul G. Rogers of Florida (mostly hidden, left of Vice President Johnson); unidentified photographer takes a photograph at far right. Brevard County, Florida.
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Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right of lectern) stands with his wife, Annie Glenn, daughter, Lyn Glenn, and son, David Glenn, upon receiving the NASA Distinguished Service Medal from President John F. Kennedy (at lectern, gesturing toward Lyn Glenn) at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Looking on from the platform (L-R): Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., astronaut Captain Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Congressman George P. Miller of California (partially hidden), unidentified (in back, partially hidden), Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington), Congressman Harold C. Ostertag (New York), and astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (wearing sunglasses).
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President John F. Kennedy (center, left) greets those gathered at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to welcome him upon his arrival for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. Standing with the group (L-R): White House Secret Service Agent Floyd Boring, Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis, Congressman Paul Rogers of Florida (back to camera, shaking hands with Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn), Lyn Glenn, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (in front), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Administrator of NASA James E. Webb (mostly hidden behind President Kennedy), Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma), Congressman George P. Miller of California (reaching out to shake hands with the President), Governor Farris Bryant of Florida, Senator Spessard L. Holland (Florida), Senator George Smathers (Florida), Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington), Congressman Edward P. Boland (Massachusetts), and Glenn's mother Clara Sproat Glenn. Air Force One is visible in the background at left. Brevard County, Florida.
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President John F. Kennedy speaks from a lectern at the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Standing on the platform, first row (L-R): astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., astronaut Captain Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Congressman George P. Miller (California), Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth, Administrator of NASA James E. Webb, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, his wife Annie Glenn, Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis, Governor Farris Bryant of Florida, and unidentified. Second row, beginning at right of lectern (L-R): Congressman Albert Thomas of Texas (mostly hidden), Senator George Smathers (Florida), astronaut Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (mostly hidden behind Glenn), his son David Glenn, astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, and astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton.
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Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Chairman of the National Aeronautics and Space Council, speaks from a lectern at the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Seated on the platform, first row (L-R): astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., astronaut Captain Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth, Administrator of NASA James E. Webb, President John F. Kennedy, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, his wife Annie Glenn, Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis, and Governor Farris Bryant of Florida. Second row, beginning at right of lectern (L-R): Congressman Edward P. Boland of Massachusetts (mostly hidden behind Dr. Gilruth), Congressman Albert Thomas of Texas (partially hidden), Senator George Smathers of Florida (partially hidden behind Administrator Webb), Glenn's son David Glenn, astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (partially hidden), astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton (mostly hidden), and Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (mostly hidden); Senator Warren Magnuson of Washington (partially hidden, in the third row) sits behind David Glenn. An unidentified man stands in the foreground at right, in front of the space capsule Friendship 7.
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Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. waves to the crowd at the presentation ceremony of his National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. (L-R) Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth (mostly hidden behind the lectern), Administrator of NASA James E. Webb, astronaut Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr. (in back), President John F. Kennedy, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (in back), Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (in back, facing away), Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's wife Annie Glenn, and Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis.
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President John F. Kennedy talks with Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb (left) at the presentation ceremony of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. (L-R) Congressman Albert Thomas of Texas (partially hidden, in back), Administrator Webb, astronaut Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr. (in back, partially hidden), President Kennedy, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (in back), Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (in back), Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's wife Annie Glenn, and Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis.
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Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right of lectern) stands with his wife, Annie Glenn, daughter, Lyn Glenn, and son, David Glenn, upon receiving the NASA Distinguished Service Medal from President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) at Hangar ‘S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Looking on (L-R): Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (partially hidden on edge of image), astronaut Captain Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Congressman George P. Miller (California), Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (in back), Congressman Harold C. Ostertag of New York (in back), and astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter (wearing sunglasses).
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President John F. Kennedy (left) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (right, in profile) stand with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left of Vice President Johnson), his wife, Annie Glenn (left of Lieutenant Colonel Glenn), and daughter, Lyn Glenn (right of President Kennedy), upon the President's arrival at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Those looking on in the crowd include (L-R): Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (in back, directly behind the President, wearing glasses), White House Secret Service Agent Floyd Boring (in back, right of the President), Senator George Smathers of Florida (in back, partially hidden behind Agent Boring), President Kennedy's brother-in-law Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland (in back, right of Senator Smathers), and Congressman Paul G. Rogers of Florida (in back, right of Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, wearing glasses). Brevard County, Florida.
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President John F. Kennedy, astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right of President Kennedy, partially hidden), and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (lower right, facing away) walk through the crowd at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station upon the President's arrival for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Unidentified photographers and reporters look on; others in the crowd include (L-R): Governor Farris Bryant of Florida (in back, left of the President), Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (in back, left of the President, wearing glasses), Senator George Smathers of Florida (in back, right of Senator Kerr), White House Secret Service Agent Floyd Boring (directly behind the President, partially hidden), Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (in back, over Agent Boring's shoulder), and Congressman Paul G. Rogers of Florida (in back, right of Brigadier General McHugh, wearing glasses). Brevard County, Florida.
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President John F. Kennedy (right) walks with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (center) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station upon his arrival for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Walking behind are White House Secret Service Agent Floyd Boring (first from left, facing away) and White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger (second from left, in profile); unidentified photographers take photographs at far right; a crowd looks on. Brevard County, Florida.
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President John F. Kennedy (right) walks with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (center, facing away) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station upon his arrival for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Unidentified photographers take photographs at far right; a crowd looks on. Brevard County, Florida.
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President John F. Kennedy (right) walks with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (center, facing away) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station upon his arrival for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. White House Secret Service Agent Floyd Boring walks behind, at left; a crowd looks on. Brevard County, Florida.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) visits the Mercury Control Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, prior to the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. In the foreground (L-R): President Kennedy, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (back to camera), and Project Mercury Flight Director Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. (mostly hidden behind Commander Shepard). Brevard County, Florida.