President John F. Kennedy receives Mariner 2 Model

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Kennedy Receives Mariner 2 Model This 1961 photo shows Dr. William H. Pickering, (center) JPL Director, presenting a Mariner spacecraft model to President John F. Kennedy, (right). NASA Administrator James Webb is standing directly behind the Mariner model. 

Mariner 2 launched 50 years ago on Aug. 27, 1962.



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Photo credit: © NASA Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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