President Kennedy views the lift-off of the 1st US Manned Orbital Flight. President John F. Kennedy speaks on the telephone after watching television coverage of astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.\u0027s lift-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard Mercury-Atlas 6 (also known as Friendship 7) on the first manned orbital flight. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, with back to camera, stands at right. Family Dining Room, White House, Washington,

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