President Kennedy on Astronaut John Glenn's Orbital Flight

Recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks on the South Lawn of the White House following the successful completion of the Mercury-Atlas 6 test flight (also known as Friendship 7), during which Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. became the fifth person in space and the first American to orbit the Earth.
February 20, 1962. JFKWHA-075-001 (excerpt)