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President John F. Kennedy (center, partially hidden) stands inside a high-altitude chamber, during a tour of Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (left, back to camera) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson stand in doorway. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral 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 (center, partially hidden) stands inside a high-altitude chamber, during a tour of Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (left) and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson stand in doorway. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral 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 and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy visit with six of the Mercury Seven astronauts and their wives in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House, Washington, D.C.; President Kennedy presented the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper earlier in the day. Seated (L-R): Jo Schirra, Betty Grissom, Major Cooper. Standing (L-R): Commander Walter M. Schirra, Louise Shepard, President Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy, Rene Carpenter, Commander Alan B. Shepard, Trudy Cooper, Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Marjorie Slayton, Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton.
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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy visit with astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper and his family, following Major Cooper’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) presentation ceremony. Left to right: Major Cooper’s daughters, Camala and Janita; his wife, Trudy; Major Cooper; Mrs. Kennedy; President Kennedy. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) greets astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper and his family on the walkway outside the Oval Office upon their arrival at the White House for Major Cooper’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) presentation ceremony. Standing behind Major Cooper are his wife, Trudy, and his daughters, Camala and Janita. Hattie Cooper, mother of Major Cooper, stands next to President Kennedy (back to camera). Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson stands in front of open door of presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard, and Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton, stand at right in foreground (backs to camera). Jewell D. Truscott and James J. Truscott, Major Cooper’s aunt and uncle, walk in front of Captain Shepard and General Clifton. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Sam Kinney and Roy Kellerman; United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton. South Lawn driveway, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (right) shakes hands with astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper, after presenting Major Cooper with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). Also pictured: Senator Everett L. Dirksen (Illinois); Senator Margaret Chase Smith (Maine); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Hattie Cooper, mother of Major Cooper; Director of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Dr. Floyd L. Thompson; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Jewell D. Truscott and James J. Truscott, Major Cooper’s aunt and uncle; astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton; astronaut Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; astronaut Commander Walter Schirra; astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper walk along the West Wing Colonnade, following Major Cooper’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) presentation ceremony. Standing at right in background: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Major Cooper’s daughters, Janita and Camala. Two unidentified photographers stand at left. White House, Washington, D.C.
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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 (center) delivers remarks prior to presenting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (left). Also pictured: Senator Everett L. Dirksen (Illinois); Senator Margaret Chase Smith (Maine); Director of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Dr. Floyd L. Thompson; Hattie Cooper, mother of Major Cooper; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Jewell D. Truscott and James J. Truscott, aunt and uncle of Major Cooper; astronaut Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom; astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; astronaut Commander Walter Schirra; astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter; Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico), chairman of the Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee; Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (right) exits the White House with astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (center), after President Kennedy presented Major Cooper with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). Also pictured: White House Photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton (left of doorway, holding up camera); White House Secret Service agent, Paul A. Burns (behind Captain Stoughton). Unidentified members of the press observe. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, back to camera) speaks with astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper in the North Portico of the White House, Washington, D.C., after President Kennedy presented Major Cooper with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). Also pictured (R-L, from doorway): White House Secret Service agent, Paul A. Burns; White House Photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton; White House Correspondent for CBS News, Robert Pierpoint. Other unidentified members of the press observe.
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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 confers with Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (back to camera), and astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (right), during a tour of Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Also pictured: 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 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 agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Duncan, and Roy Kellerman. Mercury spacecraft capsule #19 (partially out of frame) sits at far left in background. 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 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 confers with Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (right, back to camera), and astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (mostly hidden behind Mr. Preston), during a tour of Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Mercury spacecraft capsule #19 sits at left in background. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral 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 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; President Kennedy; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. (face obscured by camera). The President visited Cape Canaveral 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 (back to camera) views Mercury spacecraft capsule #19, during a tour of Mercury systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (partially hidden), briefs President Kennedy. Looking on (L-R): Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper. 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 Mercury spacecraft capsule #19, during a tour of Mercury systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (center right), briefs President Kennedy; astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (partially out of frame) stands at far right. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.