Yuri Gagarin on the Way to Kandy
On his way to Kandy on Saturday, Major Yuri Gagarin made some purchases from the cadju girl at Pasyala Mr. Badiuddin Mahmud, who accompanied the spaceman is seen accepting a parcel of cadju-nuts.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Yuri Gagarin Carrying a Dove
"Space and Peace"
Yuri A. Gagarin is the world's first space traveller. He is Russian. He is no more. He was a very serene person. The village he was born in is now identified as 'Gagarin'. In this picture, Gagarin carries a white dove. The white...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Second Soviet Cosmonaut
Major Gherman Titov the Second Soviet Cosmonaut at Palam Airport, New Delhi. He was on his way to Indonesia on a ten-day visit. With him are Mr. Banerji, Chief of Protocol and Mr. I. A. Benediktov, the USSR Ambassador in India.
Photo Features Syndicate
Cosmonaut Beregovoy in the Spacecraft
Millions of TV viewers watched the broadcast from the Soyuz-3 spacecraft on their TV screens. This shot shows the pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel Georgy Beregovoy in the cabin of the spacecraft.
Novosti Press Agency
Alan Shepard
Astronaut Alan Shepard entering a lift that will take him to the space capsule atop the Redstone rocket—during tests for the American space-shot.
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.
The Crew of Lunar Module
The United States has scheduled an attempt to land men on the moon. Vital to the success of this mission will be the descent to the Lunar surface of two crew men in the Lunar Module as a third astronaut keeps the Apollo spacecraft in orbit around ...
United States Information Service
The Apollo - 17 Crewmen
Crew Introduction -- the Apollo-17 crewmen, scheduled to visit the Moon in December 1972, are introduced to newsmen in Houston, Texas. From left are: Harrison Schmitt, lunar module pilot; Eugene Cernan, mission commander, and Ronald Evans, comman...
IPS