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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-032-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate funding for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the outlook for the U.S. space program following the Challenger space shuttle disaster in 1986. Senator Kennedy mentions that President John F. Kennedy "challenged us to reach the moon." The episode aired on Thursday, December 22, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6707-A
President John F. Kennedys signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. Standing (L – R): Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate Administrator of NASA; unidentified (partially hidden); White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan (in back); Congressman James G. Fulton (Pennsylvania); Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth (Colorado); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Congressman Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); Congressman Victor L. Anfuso (New York); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-293-2-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-293-1-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. Standing (L-R): Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota (partially out of frame); Congressman Joseph E. Karth of Minnesota (partially out of frame); Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (face out of frame); Congressman Overton Brooks of Louisiana (face out of frame). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C18389
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. (L – R): Senator Warren G. Magnusson (Washington); unidentified man (hidden by Senator Magnuson); Congressman Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); President Kennedy; Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana, partially hidden); Congressman Vincent L. Anfuso (New York); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Senator Styles Bridges (New Hampshire, partially hidden by Congressman Albert); Congressman George P. Miller (California). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18388
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. (L – R): Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate Administrator of NASA; Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth (Colorado); Congressman James G. Fulton (Pennsylvania, shaking hands with President Kennedy); Vice President Lyndon Johnson (at back); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); President Kennedy; Congressman Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C18387
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. Standing (L – R): Congressman James G. Fulton (Pennsylvania, mostly out of frame); Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth (Colorado); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Vice President Lyndon Johnson (partially hidden); Congressman Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); Congressman Victor L. Anfuso (New York); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Styles Bridges (New Hampshire, partially hidden); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18386
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. Standing (L – R): Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth (Colorado, partially out of frame); Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota, mostly hidden behind Senator Magnuson); Vice President Lyndon Johnson (at back); Congressman Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); Congressman Victor L. Anfuso (New York); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Senator Styles Bridges (New Hampshire, partially hidden behind Congressman Albert); Congressman George P. Miller (California, partially out of frame). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6707-C
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. (L – R): Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate Administrator of NASA; unidentified (mostly hidden); White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan (in back, partially hidden); Congressman James G. Fulton (Pennsylvania); Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth (Colorado); Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Congressman Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); President Kennedy; Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); Congressman Victor L. Anfuso (New York); Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico, partially hidden); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Senator Styles Bridges (New Hampshire, mostly hidden); Congressman George P. Miller (California); Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6707-B
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. Standing (L – R): Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate Administrator of NASA; unidentified (mostly hidden); White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan (in back); Congressman James G. Fulton (Pennsylvania); Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth (Colorado); Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Congressman Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); Congressman Victor L. Anfuso (New York); Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Styles Bridges (New Hampshire); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Congressman George P. Miller (California); Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.