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NASA Center: Headquarters
Image # : 63-Admin-47
Date : 10/10/1963

Title

Mercury Astronauts Receiving the Collier Trophy

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NASA Administrator James E. Webb (center) cites the space achievements of the Project Mercury Astronauts who received the 1963 Collier Trophy Award in a ceremony held at the White House on October 10, 1963. President John F. Kennedy (left) and Vice President Lyndon Johnson accompanied Webb at the ceremony. Five of the Mercury Seven astronauts are visible in the row behind James Webb. They are (starting from JFK's left): Alan Shepard, Donald "Deke" Slayton, John Glenn, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, and Scott Carpenter.

Keywords

James Webb Collier Trophy John F. Kennedy JFK Lyndon Johnson LBJ White House Shepard Slayton Glenn Grissom Carpenter

Subject Category

VIPs-People at NASA-NACA, Presidents, NASA Management

Reference Numbers

  • Center: HQ
  • Center Number: 63-Admin-47
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2002-000085

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  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

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(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail JPEG 85 66 10
Small JPEG 603 471 224
Medium JPEG 1413 1104 1,170
Large JPEG 2826 2208 6,952

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