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An Exhausted Woman and a Little Boy
An Exhausted Woman and a Little Boy being greeted by a member of the refugee reception service in Leopoldvile. They were among the first refugees to arrive by plane from Stanleyville. About 100 refugees of whom about 20 were wounded were flown to ...
The Times of Ceylon Press
An Unidentified Pedestrian was Killed when this Motor Cycle went off the Road at Dharmapala Mawatha
The Times of Ceylon Press
Apollo 11 Astronauts Hold Their Final Televised Press Conference
The Apollo 11 astronauts hold their final televised press conference at Cape Kennedy in Florida before the start of their lunar landing mission. From left are Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins. They were sent into space on July 16 a...
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Apollo Flight Crews in Training for the First Three Apollo Manned Flights
Astronaut crews for the first three Apollo manned flights are now in training. Walter Schirra will be pilot for the first manned test of the Apollo capsule, scheduled to be launched atop a Saturn I rocket this summer. Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningh...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Apollo-14 Training in a Command Module Simulator
Apollo 14 Training -- Astronauts Edgar Mitchell , Stuart Roosa & Alan Shepard (from left) train for the Apollo-14 mission in a command module simulator at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Their lunar landing flight is scheduled for early 1971.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Apollo-7 Opening the New Quick-Opening Hatch During a Rehearsal
Apollo Seven command pilot, Walter Schirra, opening the new quick-opening hatch in his spacecraft during a recent rehearsal of emergency escape procedures. The drill marked the resumption of Apollo testing by its pilots after the ground fire which...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
Apollo-9 Commander McDivitt At The Ready
"Apollo 9 Commander at The Ready" Cape Kennedy -- Apollo 9 Commander James McDivitt, his head already encased in a transparent space helmet, rests as suit technicians finish helping his crew dress prior to launch here today. (3rd March, 1969)
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
Applying for the Deepa Charika
The contestants who participated in the Deepa Charika cycle race filling their application forms.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Last minutes of the luxury liner. Bremerhaven: Lifeboats pull away from the sinking, fog-shrouded Argentinian liner Maipu (11,500-tons) as she lists heavily to port after being on collision with the United States transport General Hersey off the G...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Artilery, Anti Aircraft Sir John Kotalawala; Persons - local and foreign - 1954
The Times of Ceylon Press