Watching the Flight of Astronaut Shepard on Television
5/5/1961
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In this photograph Attorney General Robert Kennedy, McGeorge Bundy, Vice President Lydon Johnson, Arthur Schlesinger, Admiral Arleigh Burke, President John F. Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy watch NASA astronaut Alan B. Shepard on television. Shepard is striding across the deck of the U.S. Navy carrier Lake Champlain following an inspection of his spacecraft on May 5, 1961. He had just completed the first manned suborbital flight in the Project Mercury Program.
This primary source comes from the Collection JFK-WHP: White House Photographs.
National Archives Identifier: 194236
Full Citation: Photograph WHP-ST-ST116161; Watching flight of Astronaut Shepard on television. Attorney General Kennedy, McGeorge Bundy, Vice President Johnson, Arthur Schlesinger, Admiral Arleigh Burke, President Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy. White House, Office of the President's Secretary.; 5/5/1961; Cecil Stoughton's White House Photographs, 1/29/1961 - 12/31/1963; Collection JFK-WHP: White House Photographs; John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, MA. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/watching-astronaut-shepard, April 19, 2025]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
