Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7917-B
President John F. Kennedy (standing at his desk) speaks on the telephone with astronaut, Major L. Gordon Cooper, following the successful completion of Major Cooper's Mercury-Atlas 9 orbital flight, as part of the final manned space mission of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Project Mercury program. Major Cooper was aboard the USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) after splashdown and recovery of the Mercury capsule (also known as Faith 7) in the Pacific Ocean. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.