"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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"Ready for the Moon"
The three Apollo-15 crewmen appear confident before the start of their flight to the Moon. From left are James Irwin, Alfred Worden and David Scott.
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"World Heroes"
The world heroes who conquered the universe - Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins
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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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America's First Moon Landing Crewmen
America's first moon landing crewmen said recently they were thrilled that the "twists and turns of fate" had brought them the coveted assignment, but they do not know yet who will first step out on the lunar surface.
Apollo-11 astronaut Edwin "Bu...
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Apollo 12 Crew
Crewmen for the Apollo-12 flight, tentatively scheduled for November 1969, are, from left: Charles Conrad, commander; Richard Gordon, command module pilot; and Alan Bean, lunar module pilot.
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Apollo-13 Crewmen
HAPPY SPACEMEN -- The crewmen of Apollo-13 smile and wave to crewmen on the USS Iwo Jima and to the worldwide television audience following their successful return from their aborted lunar voyage April 17. From left are Fred Haise, James Lovell an...
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Apollo-14 Astronauts
Apollo-14 astronauts, left to right, Edgar D. Mitchell, Lunar Module Pilot; Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Commander; and Stuart A. Roosa, Command Module Pilot, were present at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, as the transporter carried their 363-foot-h...
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Apollo-15 Crew
Crew and Launch vehicle -- The Apollo-15 crewmen pose in front of their Saturn V launch vehicle as it is rolled out of the vertical assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The giant rocket was transported to a nearby launch pad. ...
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