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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy and others watch television coverage of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.'s lift-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard Mercury-Atlas 6 (also known as Friendship 7) on the first U.S. manned orbital flight. (L-R) Special Counsel to the President Ted Sorensen (mostly hidden at far left), Congressman Hale Boggs of Louisiana, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack (hidden, with his hand on Congressman Albert's shoulder), Congressman Carl Albert of Oklahoma, Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, President Kennedy, and Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana (with arms crossed at far right). Family Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.