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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. In the foreground (L-R): President Kennedy, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Project Mercury Flight Director Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. (hidden behind Commander Shepard). Brevard County, Florida.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left), during a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson stands in back. President Kennedy visited the Center 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 (right, mostly hidden behind astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.) views space flight equipment during a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; Lieutenant Colonel Glenn briefs President Kennedy. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson stands in center with Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth, and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Also pictured: chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman and Charlie Kunkel. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy views space flight equipment during a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (center left), briefs President Kennedy; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth, stands at left. Also pictured: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Representative George P. Miller (California); Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.