President Kennedy Talking With Astronaut Walter Schirra
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- 1962-9-21
President Kennedy talking with Walter Schirra, next American to go into space. The President was on a visit to Cape Canaveral recently with Mr. Peter Thorneycroft, British Defence Minister. They are on a tour of Military and Civil Space installati...
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Astronaut Schirra Suiting Up
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- 1962-10-23
Suiting up - U.S. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra is helped into his spacesuit by suit technician Al Rochford at Cape Canaveral.
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Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom Receives a Medal
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- 1961-8-19
"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...
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Astronaut Schirra Undergoing Pre-Launch Tests
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- 1962-10-6
"Pre-Launch Checkout" -- Astronaut Walter M. Schirra undergoes pre-launch tests on weight and balance machine in Hangar "S" at Cape Canaveral, Florida in preparation for his orbital flight in the Mercury space capsule, Sigma 7.
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Astronaut Scott, Worden & Irwin with the Lunar Roving Vehicle
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Apollo-15 astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden and James Irwin, posing in front of the Lunar Roving Vehicle, display the moon-orbiting sub-satellite at Manned Spacecraft Center, Florida. The battery-powered Rover is equipped with a color televisi...
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Astronaut Schirra Walking Along The Beach With His Parents
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- 1962-10-13
Astronaut Walter Schirra walking along the beach with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schirra Sr. when they visited Cape Canaveral before their son's successful space flight.
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Apollo-9 Commander McDivitt At The Ready
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- 1969-3-3
"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)
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Apollo 11 Astronauts Hold Their Final Televised Press Conference
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- 1969-7-25
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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Body Sensors on Astronaut Grissom
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"Body Sensors" -- Body sensors attached to U.S. Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom are examined by Project Mercury equipment specialist Joe W. Schmidt at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The electrodes adhesively attached to the pilot's body permit medical monit...
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Apollo-14 Training in a Command Module Simulator
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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.
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