Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Mercury Astronauts Receiving the Collier Trophy
Full Description:
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.
Date:
10/10/1963
NASA Center:
Headquarters
Subject Category:
VIPs-People at NASA-NACA
Subject Category:
Presidents
Subject Category:
NASA Management
Keywords:
Kennedy
Keywords:
James
Keywords:
Webb
Keywords:
John
Keywords:
F.
Keywords:
JFK
Keywords:
Shepard
Keywords:
Glenn
Keywords:
Grissom
Keywords:
House
Keywords:
White
Keywords:
Collier
Keywords:
Trophy
Keywords:
Lyndon
Keywords:
Johnson
Keywords:
LBJ
Keywords:
Slayton
Keywords:
Carpenter
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Mercury
facet_where:
Mercury
facet_who:
Scott Carpenter
facet_who:
Lyndon B. Johnson
facet_who:
James E. Webb
facet_who:
Donald "Deke" Slayton
facet_who:
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
facet_who:
John H. Glenn
facet_when:
October 10, 1963
facet_when:
10-10-1963
facet_when_year:
1963
Image #:
63-Admin-47
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2002-00 0085
Center:
HQ
Center Number:
63-Admin-47
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000085
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL

Mercury Astronauts Receiving the Collier Trophy