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Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) explains the details of the space capsule Friendship 7 to President John F. Kennedy (at right, facing away) following the presentation ceremony of his National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Senator Robert Kerr of Oklahoma (wearing glasses, behind Lieutenant Colonel Glenn), Glenn's son David Glenn (over Glenn's shoulder), Congressman Harold C. Ostertag of New York (in profile, behind David Glenn), Glenn's wife Annie Glenn (left of President Kennedy), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden behind the President), Senator George Smathers of Florida (in back, left of Vice President Johnson), and Administrator of NASA James E. Webb (in back, second from right).
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John H. Glenn, Sr. (holding hat) and Clara Sproat Glenn, parents of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (partially hidden behind Mrs. Glenn, Sr.), look inside the space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (back left, in profile), Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's son David Glenn (behind Clara Glenn), his daughter Lyn Glenn (far right, facing away), and Edward P. Boland of Massachusetts (far right, behind Lyn Glenn).
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Annie Glenn, wife of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., looks inside the space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (in profile, at far right) at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (in back, left of Mrs. Glenn), Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (partially hidden behind Mrs. Glenn), his son David Glenn (partially hidden behind Lyn Glenn), and Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (in back, left of Glenn).
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John H. Glenn, Sr. (center) and Clara Sproat Glenn, parents of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (partially hidden behind Mrs. Glenn, Sr.), look inside the space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (back left, facing the camera), Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's son David Glenn (right of Mrs. Glenn, Sr.), Edward P. Boland of Massachusetts (right of David Glenn, partially hidden), and Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (far right, facing away).
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John H. Glenn, Sr. (center) and Clara Sproat Glenn, parents of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (mostly hidden behind Mrs. Glenn, Sr.), look inside the space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn at Hangar 'S,’ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Lieutenant Colonel Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (back left, in profile), Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's son David Glenn (facing the camera), Edward P. Boland of Massachusetts (right of David Glenn, in profile), and Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's daughter Lyn Glenn (far right, facing away).
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President John F. Kennedy (right, in profile) visits Launch Complex 14 with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (second from left, mostly hidden) and his family, prior to the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Members of the Glenn family include (L-R): son David Glenn (back to camera), daughter Lyn Glenn (wearing yellow dress, with back to camera), and wife Annie Glenn (wearing red dress, talking to President Kennedy). A crowd of assembled workers looks on; the pad and service tower from which Glenn was lifted into orbit is visible in the background. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida.