Title

Astronaut Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service award 1961

Caption

(8 May 1961) President John F. Kennedy (left) congratulates NASA's Distinguished Service Medal Award recipient astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. in a Rose Garden ceremony on May 8, 1961, at the White House. Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson, NASA Administrator James E. Webb and several NASA astronauts are in the background.

Date

1961

Credit line

Photo12/Universal Images Group/HUM Images

Reference

UMG22A32_258

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

35,1Mb (1,6Mb) / 14,2in x 9,6in / 4249 x 2885 (300dpi)

Keywords

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