"World Heroes"
The world heroes who conquered the universe - Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins
The Times of Ceylon Press
Apollo Training — Astronauts Practising Water Egress
Members of the prime crew for the first manned Apollo flight practice water egress in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast.
The training is vital to the survival of astronauts returning from space flights. Sliding down the boiler-plate capsule...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Mrs. Grissom With Her Two Sons
Mrs. Grissom emerges from her home in Newport News, Virginia with her two sons, Scott, 11, and Mark, 7, to greet newsmen and neighbours following completion of her husband's successful space flight. "We are very proud and happy", she said.
Daily Mirror
Astronauts Grissom & Young Inside Their Capsule
"W-H-O-O-S-H And They're Off"
Astronauts Gus Grissom (left) and John Young, crewmen for the first manned Gemini flight, lie inside their capsule stop the Titan II launch vehicle at Cape Kennedy, Florida, as technicians prepare to close the hatches...
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Astronaut Worden With His Two Daughters
Astronaut Alfred M. Worden, Command Module Pilot of the Apolo-15 lunar landing mission with his two daughters: Merrill, born Jan. 16, 1958, is seated behind her father on the stairway; Allison, born April 6, 1960, is in foreground. (Worden is divo...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Princess Desiree of Sweden
"Princess Desiree of Sweden"
Born on 2nd June, 1938, she is the daughter of Princess Sibylle and the late Prince Gustaf Adolf. Here she is seen, on the left, with her cousin Madeleine Bernadotte at the home of the Court Chaplain in Västergötland w...
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