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President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks, following a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. President Kennedy holds a scale model of the Apollo command module, presented to him by Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth (not pictured); a mock-up of the lunar lander (also known as "the Bug") sits in background. Standing in back (L-R): Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel (head bowed); unidentified. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. [See also MO 63.1913, "Model of Apollo Command Module"]
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President John F. Kennedy views Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S, during a tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Left to right: Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (in back, mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell (very back, partially hidden); Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (back to camera), presents NASA award for outstanding leadership to manager of the Mercury Project Office at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Kenneth S. Kleinknecht (standing right of President John F. Kennedy, wearing glasses), during astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper’s NASA Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) presentation ceremony. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Jean Kennedy Smith; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Lady Bird Johnson; Major Cooper and his wife, Trudy Cooper; Hattie Cooper, mother of Major Cooper; Jewell D. Truscott and James J. Truscott, aunt and uncle of Major Cooper; Louise Brewer Shepard, wife of astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard; astronaut Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom and his wife, Betty Grissom; astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton; Rene Carpenter, wife of astronaut, Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter; Jo Schirra, wife of astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra; Director of NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert R. Gilruth; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; President of the Case Institute of Technology and former Administrator of NASA, Dr. T. Keith Glennan; Director of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Dr. Floyd L. Thompson (also a recipient of NASA award for outstanding leadership); Representative James G. Fulton (Pennsylvania); Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Senator Margaret Chase Smith (Maine); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Representative Oren Harris (Arkansas); Representative Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona); Senator A. Willis Robertson (Virginia); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Anthony Celebrezze; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Win Lawson. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) is briefed by Dr. Wernher Von Braun regarding the Saturn rocket at Pad B, Complex 37, Cape Canaveral, Florida. (L-R) Associate Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Senator George Smathers of Florida; unidentified (mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Administrator of NASA James E. Webb; Dr. Von Braun (partially hidden); Deputy Administrator of NASA Dr. Hugh L. Dryden; Military Aide to the President Chester V. Clifton.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks prior to presenting the 1962 Robert J. Collier Trophy to astronauts Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, Major L. Gordon Cooper, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Commander Walter M. Schirra, Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton. Standing right of the trophy, first row (L-R): Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; President of the National Aeronautic Association, Martin M. Decker; President Kennedy; and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Second row (L-R): Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert (mostly hidden, behind trophy); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Cdr. Schirra; Cdr. Shepard; Maj. Cooper; Maj. Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn; Maj. Grissom; and Lt. Cdr. Carpenter. Third row (L-R): unidentified; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, Najeeb Halaby (in back); Cdr. Schirra's wife, Jo Schirra; unidentified (in back); Maj. Slayton's wife, Marjorie Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn's wife, Annie Glenn; Maj. Grissom's mother, Cecile Grissom (in back); Cdr. Shepard's wife, Louise Shepard; Maj. Grissom's father, Dennis Grissom (in back); Maj. Grissom's wife, Betty Grissom; Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico (in back); Lt. Cdr. Carpenter's wife, Rene Carpenter; and Maj. Cooper's wife, Trudy Cooper. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Jack Ready and Bill Payne; and National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks prior to presenting the 1962 Robert J. Collier Trophy to astronauts Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, Major L. Gordon Cooper, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Commander Walter M. Schirra, Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton. Standing right of the trophy, first row (L-R): Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; President of the National Aeronautic Association, Martin M. Decker; President Kennedy; and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Second row (L-R): Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert (mostly hidden, behind trophy); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Cdr. Schirra; Cdr. Shepard; Maj. Cooper; Maj. Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn; Maj. Grissom; and Lt. Cdr. Carpenter. Third row (L-R): unidentified; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, Najeeb Halaby (in back); Cdr. Schirra's wife, Jo Schirra; unidentified (in back); Maj. Slayton's wife, Marjorie Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn's wife, Annie Glenn; Maj. Grissom's mother, Cecile Grissom (in back, partially hidden); Cdr. Shepard's wife, Louise Shepard; Maj. Grissom's father, Dennis Grissom (in back); Maj. Grissom's wife, Betty Grissom; Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico (in back); Lt. Cdr. Carpenter's wife, Rene Carpenter; and Maj. Cooper's wife, Trudy Cooper. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Jack Ready and Bill Payne; and National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks prior to presenting the 1962 Robert J. Collier Trophy to astronauts Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, Major L. Gordon Cooper, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Commander Walter M. Schirra, Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton. Also pictured: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; President of the National Aeronautic Association, Martin M. Decker; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Cdr. Schirra; Cdr. Shepard; Maj. Cooper; Maj. Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn; Maj. Grissom; Lt. Cdr. Carpenter; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, Najeeb Halaby; Cdr. Schirra's wife, Jo Schirra; Maj. Slayton's wife, Marjorie Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn's wife, Annie Glenn; Cdr. Shepard's wife, Louise Shepard; Maj. Grissom's father, Dennis Grissom; Maj. Grissom's wife, Betty Grissom; Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Lt. Cdr. Carpenter's wife, Rene Carpenter; Maj. Cooper's wife, Trudy Cooper; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Jack Ready and Bill Payne; and National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks prior to presenting the 1962 Robert J. Collier Trophy to astronauts Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, Major L. Gordon Cooper, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Commander Walter M. Schirra, Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton. First row (L-R): Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; President of the National Aeronautic Association, Martin M. Decker; President Kennedy; and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Second row (L-R): Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Cdr. Schirra; Cdr. Shepard; Maj. Cooper; Maj. Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn; Maj. Grissom; and Lt. Cdr. Carpenter. Third row (L-R): Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay (partially hidden); Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, Najeeb Halaby (in back); Cdr. Schirra's wife, Jo Schirra; unidentified (in back); Maj. Slayton's wife, Marjorie Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn's wife, Annie Glenn; Maj. Grissom's mother, Cecile Grissom (in back); Cdr. Shepard's wife, Louise Shepard; Maj. Grissom's father, Dennis Grissom (in back); Maj. Grissom's wife, Betty Grissom; Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico (in back); Lt. Cdr. Carpenter's wife, Rene Carpenter; and Maj. Cooper's wife, Trudy Cooper. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy poses with members of the President’s Missile Sites Labor Commission after receiving the Commission's report. Left to right (in foreground): Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, William E. Simkin; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Carlisle P. Runge; Samuel Silver, of the Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Joseph S. Imirie; Executive Secretary of the Commission, Julius E. Kuczma; Vice President of Industrial Relations for Martin Marietta Corporation, Douglas V. Dorman; Chief of Army Engineers, Lieutenant General Walter K. Wilson, Jr. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (in back, partially hidden), stands at far left. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President's schedule for a complete list of Commission members, staff, and guests.]
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President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks, following a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. President Kennedy holds a scale model of the Apollo command module, presented to him by Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; a mock-up of the lunar lander (also known as "the Bug") sits in background. Standing in back (L-R): Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Dr. Gilruth. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. [See also MO 63.1913, "Model of Apollo Command Module"]
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President John F. Kennedy (left) views a mock-up of an Apollo command module, during a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth, stands left of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius and Rufus Youngblood. 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 sits on the speakers' platform at Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas. Left to right (seated on platform): Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. Carey Croneis; unidentified; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); unidentified; Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; President of Rice University, Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer; President Kennedy; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Harris County Judge, Bill Elliott; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; two unidentified. White House Secret Service agent, Dick Johnsen, stands at right; spectators observe from the stands.
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President John F. Kennedy tours Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (center) briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; 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; Director of NASA's Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. 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 (center, facing away) tours the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun (center left), briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Representative George P. Miller (California); chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Vice Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Dr. Leonard Carmichael; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Roy Kellerman. Photographers and members of the press observe at right. 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 right, with back to camera) tours the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun (facing camera), briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Dave Grant. 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 (lower right, with back to camera) views Saturn rocket 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 (lower right), briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Oscar N. Smith; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. Photographers and members of the press observe at left. 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 views a mock-up of the Gemini space capsule, during a tour of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. On platform, in foreground (L-R): McDonnell engineer, Elbert Wiegand (seated in cockpit of the two-man spacecraft); Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and General Manager of Projects Mercury and Gemini, Walter F. Burke (back to camera); President Kennedy; 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. Also pictured: Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian; White House Secret Service agents, Jack Ready, Emory Roberts, Roy Kellerman, Win Lawson, and Frank Yeager. 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.
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President John F. Kennedy (left, on speakers' platform) delivers remarks to employees of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb, and Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell, stand at far left behind platform. Those seated at right include: Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Senator Edward V. Long (Missouri); Governor of Missouri, John M. Dalton; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Representative George P. Miller (California); Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman, Dave Grant, Lubert “Bert” de Freese, and Bill Duncan. U.S. Navy Phantom II and U.S. Air Force FJ-420 jet fighter planes sit in background. President Kennedy visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.