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White House Photographs
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Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (right), visits with astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter and Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams (left), regarding Lt. Cdr. Carpenter's Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital flight (also known as Aurora 7). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.