National Aeronautics and Space Administration

President Lyndon B. Johnson and his party leave the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas following his address before a large gathering of MSC employees. On President Johnson's left is NASA Administrator James E. Webb.

A portion of the large crowd of Manned Spacecraft Center employees listening to an address by President Lyndon B. Johnson during his visit to the facility in Houston, Texas.

A portion of the large crowd of Manned Spacecraft Center employees listening to an address by President Lyndon B. Johnson during his visit to the facility.

President Lyndon B. Johnson and James E. Webb, head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in special NASA gear during a visit to the Kennedy Space Center.

Official NASA portrait of James E. Webb, appointed head of the agency by President John F. Kennedy in 1961.

Official NASA portrait of James E. Webb, upon his appointment to that agency by President John F. Kennedy.

James E. Webb, Administrator of the U. S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He was named to this position in 1961 by President Kennedy and led the U. S. space agency during the manned space flight programs and then through other important scientific programs such as televising the moon surface with the U. S. Ranger spacecraft and sending photos back from Mars with U. W. Mariner spacecraft. This is an excellent portrait and includes an original 4 X 5 color transparency.

One of the first views of Mars taken from the Mariner IV spacecraft.

One of the first views of Mars taken from the Mariner IV spacecraft.

The photomosaic of a Mars area west of Argyre in the southern highlands was taken by the Viking Orbiter.