Presentation of the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to astronaut Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard, Jr., 10:00AM. Arrival of guests for presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. L-R: Public Affairs Officer for NASA, Lieutenant Colonel John A. Powers; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew Hatcher (farther back, walking away); astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, greeting astronaut Commander Shepard and his wife, Louise Brewer Shepard (both with backs to camera); White House Secret Service Agents, Gerald Jerry Behn and Arthur L. Art Godfrey (standing back, at right); several unidentified photographers. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.