Presentation of the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Astronaut John Herschel Glenn, Jr., at Cape Canaveral. President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) pins the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal on Dr. Robert Gilruth, Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, at Hangar \u2018S,\u2019 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (mostly hidden, right of lectern), was also awarded the medal. Those looking on include: Senator Robert Kerr
Presentation of the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Astronaut John Herschel Glenn, Jr., at Cape Canaveral. President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) pins the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal on Dr. Robert Gilruth, Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, at Hangar \u2018S,\u2019 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (mostly hidden, right of lectern), was also awarded the medal. Those looking on include: Senator Robert Kerr of Oklahoma (far left), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden behind Dr. Gilruth, wearing sunglasses), Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (partially hidden behind President Kennedy), Lieutenant Colonel Glenn\u0027s wife Annie Glenn (far right), and astronaut Major Donald K. \u201cDeke\u201d Slayton (mostly hidden behind Mrs. Glenn).
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