A Picture Window on the New Space Capsule
(right) "Picture Window"
The Project Mercury space capsule, named "Liberty Bell 7" undergoes final system checks at Cape Canaveral, Florida, before U.S. astronaut Virgil I. Grissom enters for the suborbital space flight.
The new capsule has a "pic...
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Astronaut Gordon and Family
Apollo-12 command module pilot Richard Gordon poses with his wife Barbara and six children outside their home near Houston, Texas. Standing are, from left, Carleen, 15, Richard, 14, Mrs. Gordon, Thomas, 10, and Mr. Gordon. In foreground with the f...
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The Apollo-15 Astronauts
Test run -- The Apollo-15 astronauts leave their quarters to begin a final dress rehearsal for their launching toward the Moon from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Leading is Mission commander David Scott, followed by Command Module pilot Alf...
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Astronaut Alan B. Shepard in Training
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard squeezes out of the narrow neck of a Mercury spacecraft during a phase of his training. The craft, which is programmed to land in the sea, contains an inflatable life raft, a radio transmitter, and other survival gear.
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Apollo 14 Prime Crew
Space Center, Houston:
America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced August 6th the prime crew for the flight of Apollo 14. From left to right are astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Commander; Stuart A. Roosa, Command Module Pilo...
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Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford
Astronaut Stafford -- Thomas P. Stafford, 35, is the U.S. Gemini-6 co-pilot. His flight, scheduled for October 25, 1965, will be the first attempt at rendezvous and docking with another spacecraft orbited independently.
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