Webb, James E. (James Edwin), 1906-1992

The speakers platform during the fifth anniversary celebration commemorating the launch of Apollo II from Launch Complex 39. This was during the naming of the complex as a National Landmark. Seated left to right: unidentified, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin Aldrin, unidentified, James Webb.

James E. Webb, former head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, speaking at the fifth anniversary celebration of the launch of Apollo II from Launch Complex 39.

James E. Webb, former head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, speaking before the large crowd assembled to celebrate the naming of Launch Complex 39 as a National Landmark. This was done on the fifth anniversary of the launch of Apollo II from this complex. Astronauts Neil Armstrong, (seated second from Webb), Michall Collins, and Edwin Aldrin are in attendance.

James E. Webb, second from left, and Wayne E. Thompson, left, greet other delegates to the Dunsmuir House Conference on Space, Science and Urban Life.

James E. Webb, right, and Howard G. Vesper, left, speak to each other during the Dunsmuir House Conference on Space, Science and Urban Life. Mr. Webb is the director of NASA.

James E. Webb (second from left), laughs with another delegate, during the dinner at the Dunsmuir House Conference on Space, Science and Urban Life.

NASA Administrator James E. Webb introduces President Lyndon B. Johnson to the large crowd of Manned Spacecraft Center employees beside Building One during President Johnson's visit to the MSC. They are in Houston, Texas.

During a visit by an unidentified Congressman, (right) James E. Webb, head of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), (left) explains a space capsule.

James E. Webb, head of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, (right) explains a model of the Air Force X-15 to a visitor at his office.

James E. Webb, head of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, stands with Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri (left) in front of replicas of rockets.