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President John F. Kennedy (right) and Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left, looking down) visit Launch Complex 14, prior to the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn; a crowd of assembled workers looks on. The pad and service tower from which Glenn was lifted into orbit is visible in the background. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida.
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Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left, at microphone) addresses the crowd of assembled workers at Launch Complex 14, prior to the presentation ceremony of his National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal; President John F. Kennedy (holding a hard hat) stands at right. The pad and service tower from which Lieutenant Colonel Glenn was lifted into orbit is visible in the background. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida.
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Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) waves to the crowd of assembled workers at Launch Complex 14, prior to the presentation ceremony of his National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal; President John F. Kennedy (holding a hard hat, with back to camera) stands at right. The pad and service tower from which Lieutenant Colonel Glenn was lifted into orbit is visible in the background. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida.
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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. 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 of California (holding hat), President Kennedy, Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center Dr. Robert Gilruth, Administrator of NASA James E. Webb (mostly hidden behind Lieutenant Colonel Glenn), Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (in profile), 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 the lectern (L-R): Congressman Albert Thomas of Texas (mostly hidden behind Dr. Gilruth), Senator George Smathers (Florida), 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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Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right of lectern) stands with his wife, Annie Glenn, and daughter, Lyn 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. Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., astronaut Captain Virgil “Gus” Grissom, and Congressman George P. Miller (California) look on from left; Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (first from right) stands with Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's son David Glenn (in profile); Senator Warren G. Magnuson (right of David Glenn) stands in back.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) presents the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper. Also pictured: Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Senator Everett L. Dirksen (Illinois); Hattie Cooper, Trudy Cooper, and Camala Cooper (Major Cooper’s mother, wife, and daughter, respectively); Director of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Dr. Floyd L. Thompson; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; astronaut Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; US Ambassador to the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson; astronaut Commander Walter Schirra; astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter; Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Margaret Craig McNamara, wife of Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense; Lady Bird Johnson; Senator A. Willis Robertson (Virginia); Representative Joseph E. Karth of Minnesota (on edge of frame). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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United States Air Force Honor Guard stands at attention upon President John F. Kennedy's arrival at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. Those standing with President Kennedy in front of Air Force One include: Assistant to the Air Force Aide to the President Major Frank S. Evans, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, Congressman Dante B. Fascell (Florida), Congressman Paul G. Rogers (Florida), Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh, and Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center Major General Leighton I. Davis; White House Secret Service Agent Floyd Boring (in back) stands at bottom of airplane stairs. Brevard County, Florida.
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Presentation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. On platform, L-R: Commander Shepard; Deputy Administrator of NASA, Hugh L. Dryden; astronaut Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, John Connally, Jr. (in back); astronaut Captain Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom (mostly hidden); President John F. Kennedy; astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter. Standing on colonnade at right, L-R: Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Under Secretary of State, Chester B. Bowles; Assistant Special Counsel to the President, Richard Goodwin; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff. Reporters and photographers unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. On platform, L-R: Commander Shepard; Louise Brewer Shepard (wife of Commander Shepard); Deputy Administrator of NASA, Hugh L. Dryden; President John F. Kennedy; Administrator of NASA, James E. Webb; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter. Standing on colonnade at right, L-R: Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Under Secretary of State, Chester B. Bowles; Assistant Special Counsel to the President, Richard Goodwin. Reporters and photographers unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and his wife, Louise Brewer Shepard, arrive for presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Commander Shepard. L-R: Commander Shepard; Mrs. Shepard; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard (in back); President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; White House Secret Service Agent, Gerald “Jerry” Behn (partially hidden). South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. On platform, L-R: Commander Shepard; Renza (Emerson) Shepard (mother of Commander Shepard); astronaut Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, John Connally, Jr.; President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter. Standing on colonnade at right, L-R: Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Under Secretary of State, Chester B. Bowles; Assistant Special Counsel to the President, Richard Goodwin; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff. Reporters and photographers unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and his wife, Louise Brewer Shepard, arrive for presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Commander Shepard. L-R: Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger (in back); Commander Shepard; Mrs. Shepard; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard (in back); President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and his wife, Louise Brewer Shepard, arrive for presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Commander Shepard. L-R: Commander Shepard; Mrs. Shepard; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard (in back); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; White House Secret Service Agent, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey (far right). South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and his wife, Louise Brewer Shepard, arrive for presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Commander Shepard. L-R: Commander Shepard; Mrs. Shepard; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard (in back); President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and his wife, Louise Brewer Shepard, arrive for presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Commander Shepard. L-R: Commander Shepard; Mrs. Shepard; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Arrival of guests for presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. L-R: Public Affairs Officer for NASA, Lieutenant Colonel John A. Powers; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew Hatcher (farther back, walking away); astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, greeting astronaut Commander Shepard and his wife, Louise Brewer Shepard (both with backs to camera); White House Secret Service Agents, Gerald “Jerry” Behn and Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey (standing back, at right); several unidentified photographers. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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View of a static test-firing of a Saturn rocket booster at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; President John F. Kennedy and others watch from bunker in foreground. President Kennedy visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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View of a static test-firing of a Saturn rocket booster at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; President John F. Kennedy and others watch from bunker in foreground. President Kennedy visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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View of a static test-firing of a Saturn rocket booster at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; President John F. Kennedy and others watch from bunker in foreground. President Kennedy visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy tours the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun (back to camera), briefs President Kennedy. The President visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (partially hidden) shakes hands with an unidentified site worker during a tour of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Standing at far right (backs to camera): Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (partially out of frame). The President visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy speaks with Senator Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin (center) during a visit to the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson stands right of Senator Wiley. Also pictured: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman. President Kennedy visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy tours the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Left to right: Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun; President Kennedy; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; unidentified photographer (in foreground). The President visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy tours the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Left to right: Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun; President Kennedy; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell. The President visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.