File:JFK inspects Mercury capsule, 23 February 1962.jpg

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Description	English: President John F. Kennedy inspects Mercury capsule with astronaut John Glenn.
Date	23 February 1962
Source	http://narademo.umiacs.umd.edu/cgi-bin/isadg/viewobject.pl?object=8949 ( direct link, 20.8 MB TIFF)
Author	Cecil Stoughton, White House

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Data arrangement	chunky format
File change date and time	09:21, 16 July 1997

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