Portrait of Lt -Cdr. Carpenter
A portrait of 36-year-old Lt. Cdr. Scott Carpenter who has been selected America's next spaceman for orbital flight of the earth which is expected to take place late next month or early in May. Scott Carpenter who was reserve for Lt.-Col. Glenn re...
Central Press Photos Ltd.
Recovery
Crewmen from the U.S. destroyer Noa attach pulley lines to the Mercury space capsule Friendship 7, with Astronaut John Glenn Inside, after a tri-orbital flight around the earth.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Russia Puts Man Into Space — And Brings Him Back Alive And Safe
The whole world has been thrilled with the news from Moscow that Major Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin has been rocketed into space and after going into orbit has been brought back to earth and landed safely.
The whole flight lasted for about 108 minutes...
Sport & General Press Agency Ltd.
Russia's Fourth Spaceman — Popovich
Russia's Fourth Spaceman:
Moscow: Wearing his space-helmet Lt. Col. Pavel Romanovich Popovich, 31, who was launched into space today in the Vostok IV space capsule to become Russia's fourth spaceman. Popovich was shot into space just as Vostok III...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
Russia's Three Cosmonauts
A picture of Russia's three Cosmonauts (Left to Right): Reading the headline Yevgeny Khrunov, Vladimir Shatalov, and Alexei Yeliseyev. The Cosmonauts landed in Soyuz-4.
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
Russian Ambassador With Yuri Gagarin
Mr. N. Y.Tarakanov , Russian Ambassador, putting an arm round Major Yuri Gagarin before the Soviet spaceman left Ceylon this morning.
The Times of Ceylon Press
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