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"Astronaut Named for America's Second Manned Flight into Space"
A portrait of 35-years-old Captain Virgil Grissom, of the United States Air Force, who has been selected to make the second American manned rocket flight into space from Cape Canaveral tomorrow. Te flight is to be made in a two-ton Mercury capsule...
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Astronaut Glenn Eating Breakfast On the Morning of the First Attempt
Lt. Col. John Glenn, the United States Astronaut, who is to attempt later this week a three-orbit flight round the world, to become the first American to go into orbit, pictures eating breakfast on the morning of the first attempt. Glenn lay strap...
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Astronaut Glenn in His Spacesuit
"US Space Flight Delayed" The United States first attempt to send a man on a space flight had to be postponed for 48 hours yesterday owing to adverse weather conditions. The astronaut who was selected to be placed in the capsule is CDR. Shepard (3...
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A portrait of Scott Carpenter in his spacesuit. Carpenter is amongst the selected group who have been trained as astronauts for America.
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YG 1— the Number Plate of the Rolls Royce which Took Major Gagarin
'YG 1' was the number-plate of the Rolls Royce which took Major Gagarin from London Airport to the embassy on his arrival in London on Tuesday.
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