1963 Press Photo Gordon Cooper, awarded the NASA Distinguished Service medal

Washington- Maj. Gordon Cooper, 22-orbit space hero, poses today in the White House rose garden with his family after the astronaut was presented with the NASA Distinguished Service medal. The family, from let includes: Mrs. Hattie Cooper, mother; Mrs. Trudy Cooper, and their two children, Jan, 13, and Cam, 14, and Cooper, standing next to President Kennedy. Others are, from left: Sen Everett Dirksen, R-III; Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, R-Mass., head turned; Bobby Shriver, behind Jan, nephew of President; Mrs. J.J. Truscott, aunt of Cooper; Vice President Lyndon Johnson and Astronaut Virgil Grissom, rear of Cooper.

Photo is dated 1963.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.