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President John F. Kennedy (right, at lectern) delivers remarks at Rice University regarding the nation's efforts in space exploration. Seated on speakers' platform: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. Carey Croneis; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; President of Rice University, Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer. Also pictured: Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Dave Grant, Joe Paolella, Bob Burke, and Emory Roberts. Members of the press sit at left in background; spectators observe from the stands. Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas.
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President John F. Kennedy (right, back to camera) views a mock-up of the interior of a Gemini capsule, during a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; astronaut Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom (right) laughs with President Kennedy and others. Left to right: Chief of Life Systems Division at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Stanley C. White (partially out of frame); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (back to camera); Major Grissom; President Kennedy; unidentified (in back); Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr. (partially hidden); White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks following his arrival at Houston International Airport, Houston, Texas. Left to right (in foreground): Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Kennedy; Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel (partially hidden); Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; Harris County Judge, Bill Elliott. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Dave Grant and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. The President traveled to Houston as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy exits Air Force One upon arrival at Houston International Airport, Houston, Texas. Following behind President Kennedy: Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (in airplane doorway). The President traveled to Houston as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.