The Russian Cosmonaut Major Gherman Titov And His Wife
The Russian cosmonaut Major Gherman Titov, and his wife recently visited United Nations Headquarters where he was the guest of honour at a reception given by the acting UN Secretary-General U. Thant.
After the reception, Major and Mrs. Titov were ...
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Soviet Cosmonauts Welcomed in West Berlin
Soviet cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev being enthusiastically welcomed by West Berliners at a meeting in the Humboldt Cinema during their recent tour of West Berlin.— (Zentral-Bild.).
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Soviet Cosmonauts Visit German Democratic Republic
Soviet cosmonauts Pavel Belyayev and Alexei Lenov (right) enjoying a trip on Berlin waters on board the State yacht "Albin Koebis," during their recent visit there. Mrs. Leonova is on the extreme right.— (ADN/Zentralbild).
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Richard Beach Sculpts Major Gagarin
A clay head of Major Gagarin — the world's first man-in-space, has been modelled by Sculptor Richard Beach who lives in Wakefield, Yorks. It is being produced for waxworks heads — by Jean Roger of West London. Mr. Beach used photographs and newspa...
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Vostok II
How the space journey began.. and the Course of Major Titov's flight round the globe.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot
May 1969
On December 21, 1963 the United States launched the Apollo space craft to orbit the moon. The astronauts had two prime objectives -- to go into lunar orbit, and to take photographs of the best possible landing sites for men to set a space...
The Times of Ceylon Press
A 'Well Done' from the President
U.S. astronauts Charles Conrad (left) and Gordon Cooper. sporting eight-day beards, chat with President Johnson after completing their record-setting orbital flight in the Gemini-5 spacecraft. The astronauts were aboard the recovery carrier USS La...
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