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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: Louise Brewer Shepard (wife of Commander Shepard); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Commander Shepard; Secretary of the Navy, John Connally, Jr.; Chief of Staff of the United States Navy, Admiral Arleigh A. Burke; Senator Styles Bridges (New Hampshire); President John F. Kennedy. Standing on colonnade at right, L-R: Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; 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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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) views models of the Titan II and Titan III missiles, during a tour of the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Colonel Dan F. Thompson (center right, in foreground), briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of NASA's Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; White House Secret Service agents, Rufus Youngblood, Ron Pontius, and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Colonel Dan F. Thompson (center right, back to camera), briefs President Kennedy; models of the Titan II and Titan III missiles sit on table in foreground. Also pictured: Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of NASA's Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, in foreground) tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; a Titan II Air Force rocket sits on launch pad in background. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York); chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Greer, Rufus Youngblood, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Ron Pontius, Bill Duncan, and Toby Chandler. Site workers observe in background. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. [Discoloration along top edge of image is original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy (right) walks toward the presidential limousine outside the blockhouse at Launch Complex 34, following a briefing of the manned lunar landing program during a tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center, Major General Leighton I. Davis; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Greer, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, Dave Grant, Toby Chandler, Ron Pontius, Bill Duncan, and Dick Johnsen. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. [Blemish in upper right portion of image is original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy visits with astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra, during a tour of the Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Left to right: Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (mostly out of frame); Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft (partially hidden); Commander Schirra; unidentified; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb (partially out of frame). The President visited Cape Canaveral 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; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun, walks right of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb; Representative Robert E. Jones (Alabama); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. The Saturn C-1 rocket sits in background. 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 (right, facing away) views Saturn engine displays, during a tour of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun (partially hidden, with arm raised), briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Representative George P. Miller (California). 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 and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow (center right), walk toward the presidential limousine, following a tour of the U.S. Army Missile Command Guidance and Control Laboratory at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Also pictured: Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; White House Secret Service agents, Rufus Youngblood and Dick Johnsen. President Kennedy visited Redstone Arsenal 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 (wearing sunglasses) tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Colonel Dan F. Thompson (center right, back to camera), briefs President Kennedy; models of the Titan II and Titan III missiles sit on table in foreground. Also pictured: Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center, Major General Leighton I. Davis; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb; Director of NASA's Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.