Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A13-15-62
Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (center, facing away) and President John F. Kennedy (mostly hidden, on lower right edge of image) visit Launch Complex 14, prior to the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn; a crowd of assembled workers looks on. The pad and service tower from which Glenn was lifted into orbit is visible in the background. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida.