Londoners Greet American Astronaut
Colonel Frank Borman, commander of America's Apollo 8 flight around the moon, is greeted enthusiastically by Londoners as he arrives in Downing Street, to call on Mr. Harold Wilson, Britain's Prime Minister.
Col. Borman was later invited to Buckin...
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Major Y.A. Gagarin's Space Flight
Was it here he felt so light, so happy and so free. He is on his way blazing a new trail through the skies to the stars.
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Major Yuri Gagarin with His Wife and Mr. Nehru
Major Yuri Gagarin, the world's (and Russia's) first space-man, pictured with his wife and Mr. Nehru, the Prime Minister when he arrived in New Delhi at the start of an eight day visit to India. Thousands cheered the cosmonaut as he drove from New...
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Cape Canaveral, FLA - Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. climbed into the Mercury spacecraft "Faith 7" at 05.32 a.m. EST as NASA and McDonnel spacecraft engineers assist.
Picture shows astronaut Gordon Jr. 36-year-old Air Force Major climbing into M...
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Soviet Cosmonauts
The Cosmonauts Yeliseyev, Shatalov and Khrunov Being Interviewed after the Flight.
Cosmonauts Yeliseyev, Shatalov and Khrunov being interviewed after the successful completion of Soyuz-4 and Soyuz-5 flights.
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Spaceman was All Smiles
Major Gagarin was all smiles when he was taken around by the Minister of Education, Mr. Badiuddin Mahmud, to meet members of the public.
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