a (JFK)_v_bw_o_n (original 1962 photo, JFK lib assession no. ST-387-2-62 eq)
President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visit with Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun (center), during a tour of the MSFC at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; White House Secret Service agent, Bill Duncan, stands at far left. The Saturn C-1 rocket sits in background. President Kennedy visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
Available at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum website:
www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHP-ST-387-2-...
www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHP-ST-A16-14...
www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHP-ST-A16-44...
Additionally, within those other photos, I noted that the first stage seen here is marked as "SA-5". However, the upper stages are identical to the Juno upper stages of SA-1, SA-2 and SA-3. Possibly a Frankenstein-like assembly in order to have a "complete" vehicle to have on display for the President?
Interesting reading:
www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/jfk-and-the-moon-180947824/
Credit: Smithsonian Air & Space website
a (JFK)_v_bw_o_n (original 1962 photo, JFK lib assession no. ST-387-2-62 eq)
President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visit with Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun (center), during a tour of the MSFC at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; White House Secret Service agent, Bill Duncan, stands at far left. The Saturn C-1 rocket sits in background. President Kennedy visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
Available at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum website:
www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHP-ST-387-2-...
www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHP-ST-A16-14...
www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHP-ST-A16-44...
Additionally, within those other photos, I noted that the first stage seen here is marked as "SA-5". However, the upper stages are identical to the Juno upper stages of SA-1, SA-2 and SA-3. Possibly a Frankenstein-like assembly in order to have a "complete" vehicle to have on display for the President?
Interesting reading:
www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/jfk-and-the-moon-180947824/
Credit: Smithsonian Air & Space website