Cecil Stoughton / John F. Kennedy Presidential Library

John F. Kennedy looks at John Glenn’s capsule

President John F. Kennedy and astronaut John Glenn inspect 'Friendship 7' at Cape Canaveral on February 23, 1962 -- three days after Glenn orbited the Earth three times in the space capsule.

Photo by the veteran photographer Cecil Stoughton, now part of the collection of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston.

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