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JFKWHP-1963-01-17-B
AR31, ST19, KN29
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JFKWHP-KN-C26055
President John F. Kennedy (right) examines a model of the Mariner 2 spacecraft (on the President's desk) that was presented to him by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officials. Looking on (L-R): Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate Administrator of NASA; Robert J. Parks, Planetary Programs Director for NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL); Dr. William H. Pickering, Director of JPL; and Dr. James E. Webb, Administrator of NASA (in back). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.300a, “Model of Mariner II Spacecraft.”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C23689
President John F. Kennedy tours spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; a mock-up of a Gemini paraglider is visible in the background. Left to right: White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger (back to camera); Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (in back); President Kennedy; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (partially hidden); astronaut Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (in back); Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; (in back, mostly hidden); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Representative George P. Miller of California (in back, partially hidden); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (very back, mostly hidden); Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; unidentified. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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JFKWHP-KN-C23628
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 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; 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; Commander Schirra; unidentified; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb. 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. Left to right (in foreground): Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Kennedy; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb (partially hidden). The President visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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JFKWHP-KN-C23679
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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JFKWHP-KN-C23678
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 (center left, mostly hidden in crowd) and others stand in front of a Saturn rocket launch site under construction at Launch Complex 37, during a tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Also pictured: Saturn Project Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Rocco Petrone; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. 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 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.
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President John F. Kennedy confers with Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb, and others, during a tour of Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Standing in foreground (L-R): Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (back to camera); President Kennedy; astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (back to camera); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator Webb; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas). Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Duncan and Roy Kellerman. Mercury spacecraft capsule #19 sits at left in background. 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 confers with Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston, and others, during a tour of Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Standing in foreground (L-R): Mr. Preston (back to camera); President Kennedy; astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (back to camera); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas). Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Duncan and Roy Kellerman. Mercury spacecraft capsule #19 sits at left in background. 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 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: Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell (in back, partially hidden); Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (back to camera); President Kennedy (mostly hidden, facing away); Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown (in back); Commander Schirra; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; unidentified (in back); Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York). 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 (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.
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President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of the Gemini space capsule, during a tour of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and General Manager of Projects Mercury and Gemini, Walter F. Burke (gesturing with hand), briefs President Kennedy; McDonnell engineer, Elbert Wiegand, sits in cockpit of the two-man spacecraft. Also pictured: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Vice President and General Counsel of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Thomas G. Rutledge; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. The President visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.