Astronauts Meet Cosmonauts
American Astronauts Neil Armstrong (right) and Charles Conrad, Jr., met Soviet Cosmonauts B. V. Volinov and E. V. Khruonuov at award presentation ceremonies of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) in New Delhi, Sunday (Nov, 22).
The FA...
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Adtronauts Relaxing & Talking After A Practice
The Gemini-11 astronauts relaxing and talking after a practice session on September 3rd., in a flight simulator for their 3-day space mission which ended yesterday.
Left to right are William Anders, backup crew: Gemini-11 pilot Richard Gordon; Gem...
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Neil Armstrong At Katunayake Airport
Armstrong who told our correspondent that he heard of the excellence of Ceylon tea enjoys a cuppa at the Tea Propaganda Board booth at Katunayake Airport.
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Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom Receives a Medal
"Medal For 2nd U.S. Spaceman" -- Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom receives the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Distinguished Service Medal from Director James Webb during a press conference at Cape Canaveral, Florida July 22. At left ar...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Post Office Department Signaled the First Orbital Flight
The Post Office Department signaled the first orbital flight of a United States astronaut February 20 with the issuance of a new Commemorative stamp, placed on sale throughout America at the exact hour that Astronaut John Glenn's historic flight w...
The Times of Ceylon Press
America's First Manned Apollo Team in Training
These three men are being trained to embark on the first manned, orbital mission of the American space flight (Apollo). It will be launched in the first half of year 1967 and lasting up to 14 days. Left to right: Virgil Grissom, Roger Chaffee and ...
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