Kennedy’s telegram to Khrushchev on first manned space flight
President Kennedy’s telegram to Premier Khrushchev congratulating the Soviet Union on the first manned space flight.
April 12, 1961
President Kennedy’s telegram to Premier Khrushchev congratulating the Soviet Union on the first manned space flight.
April 12, 1961
May 5, 1961 President Kennedy watches the flight of the first American in space on TV. Alan Shepard’s flight lasted 15 minutes, 28 seconds.
(Left to Right) Attorney General Kennedy, McGeorge Bundy, Vice President Johnson, Arthur Schlesinger, Admiral Arleigh Burke, President Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy.