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ST-A13-60-62 President Kennedy inspects the interior of the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule with Astronaut Col. John Glenn, Jr.
Senator George Smathers of Florida and President John F. Kennedy at Cape Canaveral, Florida, Pad B, Complex 37, where they were briefed on the Saturn rocket by Dr. Werner Von Braun (not pictured) on 16 November 1963. Photograph by Cecil Stoughton, White House in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston. ST-C400-18-63.
"Welcome Back to Earth, Glenn" Commemorative Button
Astronaut Scott Carpenter recieves call from President Kennedy on U.S.S. Intrepid, May 24, 1962.
Friendship 7 on Atlas 6 Booster Rocket
NASA Deputy Administrator Robert Seamans and Dr. Wernher von Braun explain the Saturn Launch System to President John F. Kennedy at Cape Canaveral, Florida, November 16, 1963.
President John F. Kennedy speaks on the nation's space effort, Rice University, Houston, Texas, September 12, 1962.
President Kennedy, James E. Webb, Administrator of NASA, Vice President Lyndon Johnson, Dr. Robert Gilruth, Director of NASA's Manned Space Program, and others view model Lunar Lander and Apollo Command Module at NASA Rich Building, Houston, Texas, September 12, 1962.
Launch of Friendship 7, the first American-manned orbital space flight, February 20, 1962
Watching flight of Astronaut Shepard on television. Attorney General Kennedy, McGeorge Bundy, Vice President Johnson, Arthur Schlesinger, Admiral Arleigh Burke, President Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy. White House, Office of the President's Secretary.
President John F. Kennedy, Senator Smathers, and NASA officials are briefed by Dr. Wernher Von Braun on 16 November, 1963, at Pad B, Complex 37, Cape Canaveral, Florida, regarding the Saturn rocket. L-R: Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate Administrator, NASA; Senator George Smathers; President Kennedy; James E. Webb, Administrator, NASA; Dr. Wernher Von Braun (partially hidden); Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, Deputy Administrator, NASA; and Gen. Chester V. Clifton, Military Aide to the President. Photograph by Cecil Stoughton, White House, in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston. ST-C400-6-63.
President Kennedy meets with NASA staffer G. Low, Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Gus Grissom, and NASA staffer G. M. Preston at Cape Canaveral on November 16, 1963.
Mercury Seven Astronauts
Model of Saturn I Rocket
Lunar Sample
JFK Addresses Joint Session of Congress May 25, 1961
Colonel John Glenn, Jr. shakes hands with President John F. Kennedy as Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson looks on, Cape Canaveral, Florida, February 23, 1962.
President Kennedy with Astronaut Walter Schirra at Cape Canveral, Florida, 11 September 1962.
John Glenn Time Magazine Cover
Entering Capsule
Friendship 7 Spacecraft
Model of Apollo Command Module
VBM and JFK
Astronaut John Glenn in orbit, February 20, 1962.
President Kennedy is welcomed by General L. Davis to Cape Canaveral, November 16, 1963.

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