Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6
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- 1962-2-28
Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6, carrying Col. John Glenn in the space capsule on top, into his historic space flight on February 20, 1962.
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A New Spacesuit for Use in the U.S. Apollo Programme
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- 1967-6-17
Four views of a new spacesuit for use in the U.S. Apollo program.
Called the Block II Extravehicular Mobility Unit, the outfit is designed to permit the astronauts to leave their craft after a lunar landing to conduct experiments and to explore th...
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Helicopter Recovery
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- 1961-5-13
A helicopter from the recovery ship USS Lake Champlain hoists aeronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. aboard as his Project Mercury capsule begins to float in the Atlantic.
Helicopter Recovery — A helicopter from the recovery ship USS Lake Champlain hoists ...
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Gemini-6 Astronauts aboard the USS Carrier Wasp
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Happy Spacemen — Gemini-6 astronauts Tom Stafford (left) and Wally Schirra congratulate each other aboard the carrier USS Wasp after they completed their historic rendezvous flight. They came aboard the carrier inside their spacecraft after the sp...
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Astronauts at a Press Conference
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- 1965-5-23
Astronauts John Young (left) and Virgil "Gus" Grissom discuss their three orbital flight in the Gemini capsule at a press conference in Houston, Texas. Both expressed full confidence in the spacecraft and their ability to flight. On the right in e...
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Astronaut John Young
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- 1962-10-23
Astronaut John Young, new U.S. space flight test pilot
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Apollo-16 Astronauts Check Out the Lunar Roving Vehicle
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Moon Vehicle -- U.S. astronauts Charles Duke (left) and John Young check out a full-scale model of the lunar roving vehicle to be used on the Moon during the Apollo-16 mission in 1971. Following the final design review, completed in June at the Ma...
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