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"3 Women to Whom the Moon Remains—the Moon"
Piecing together the jigsaw of questions and answers at a Press conference with the astronauts' wives we realised one thing: there were no feminine fripperies or personal souvenirs that a moon man could bring his wife. Moon rocks and moon dust wer...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The count down has started at CAPE CANAVERAL in preparation for the flight by Astronaut GORDON COOPER. The orbital mission is intended to complete 22 orbits and should last 34 hours and 22 minutes. PHOTO SHOWS— Astronaut GORDON COOPER relaxes in...
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.
"Explains Rendezvous Procedures"
U.S. Astronaut Charles Conrad (left) explains the planned rendezvous of Gemini-5 as Astronaut Gordon Cooper listens at a July 19 news conference in Houston, Texas. Cooper and Conrad are the prime crew for the eight-day orbital earth flight schedul...
The Times of Ceylon Press
"Four Heavenly Brothers, Four Brave Communist-Cosmonauts"
Four heavenly brothers, four brave Communist-cosmonauts, friends of the same glorious feat (left to right) Yuri Gagarin, Adrian Nikolaev; Pavel Popovich an Gherman Titov seen here together. Photo by Spec. Corr of TASS A. Bryanov (photo by wire)
A. Bryanov
"Glenn Orbits Earth Three Times"
After surviving just under five hours in space Colonel John Glenn, the American astronaut stepped out of his Mercury space capsule a "hale and hearty" spaceman. "Hale" at least is surprising as at one time his body weight was estimated at seven to...
Central Press Photos Ltd.
"He Is 'Trapped' in the Jewel Tower"
London turned out to give Yuri Gagarin another storming welcome today (13-7-1961) – and the enthusiasm of it kept him a prisoner in the Tower of London for ten minutes. Gagarin had to stay in the Jewel Tower until care arrived because the excited ...
Daily Mirror
"Hero's Welcome For Russian Spaceman"
"Hero's Welcome for Russian Spacemen" Russian cosmonauts Nikolaev and Popovich carry flowers as they walk with Mr. Khruschev on arrival at Moscow airport to receive a hero's welcome. With Mr. Khruschev is one of the cosmonaut's children. In backgr...
Central Press Photos Ltd.
"Red Flower Welcome for Their Country Man"
Among the large crowds that thronged the airport yesterday evening to see Major Gagarin, were a number of little Russian boys and girls who offered the cosmonaut red flowers. The little girls wore red ribbons in their hair.
Daily Mirror
"Russia's Four Spacemen Together"
Moscow: Pictured here are the Soviet Union's four cosmonauts seen preparing to make their next parachute jump when they were in training. Left to right are: Major Andrian Nikolayev, who was blasted into space in Vostok 3 on Aug. 11th; Lieut. Col. ...
Fotokhronika TASS