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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...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
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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America's First Three-Manned Apollo Space Team
The three-man Apollo space team outside the Manned Spacecraft Center at Houston, Texas. Left to right: Edward White, Virgil Grissom and Robert Chaffee. Members of America's first thee-man Apollo spacecraft team outside the Manned space-craft Cente...
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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.
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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...
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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)
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Astronaut Adrin Reunites with Family
"Happy Reunion" -- U.S. "space walker" astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin holds his youngest son, Andrew, as Mrs. Aldrin and daughter Janice wait their turn. The photo was taken in November 1966 upon Aldrin's return from the Gemini-12 space flight in w...
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Astronaut Aldrin Dressed for Orbit
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., who will accompany Command Pilot James A. Lovell on the foregrounding Gemini-12 flight, is the first holder of a U.S. doctorate to journey into space. He earned a doctor of science degree in astronautics in 1963 fro...
The Times of Ceylon Press