Photograph
White House Photographs
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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.