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Mercury Astronauts Receiving the Collier Trophy, White House, Washington, USA, 1963. Creator: NASA.

Mercury Astronauts Receiving the Collier Trophy, White House, Washington, USA, 1963. Creator: NASA.

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Mercury Astronauts Receiving the Collier Trophy, White House, Washington, USA, 1963. 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.

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Creator
  1. NASA, attributed to: American:
Subject
  1. James E. Webb: American: Government official, administrator of NASA
  2. John F Kennedy: American: Politician, president
  3. Lyndon Johnson: American: Politician, president
  4. Alan Shepard: American: Astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman
  5. John Glenn: American: Astronaut
  6. Gus Grissom: American: Astronaut
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  1. Photograph
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World North and Central America United States District of Columbia Washington

  1. 38 53 00 N , 077 02 00 W
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2826x2208
File Size : 18,281kb

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  1. 2-860-772
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