Presentation of the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Astronaut John Herschel Glenn, Jr., at Cape Canaveral. Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) waves to the crowd of assembled workers at Launch Complex 14, prior to the presentation ceremony of his National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal; President John F. Kennedy (holding a hard hat, with back to camera) stands at right. The pad and service tower from which Lieutenant Colonel Glenn was lifted into orbit is visible in the background. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida.