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Major System of the Mercury Spacecraft
Major systems of the Mercury spacecraft are represented in this simplified artist's version. --- An artist's impression of the Project Mercury space capsule in orbit. The blunt end of the capsule absorbs the tremendous heat of re-entering the eart...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Apollo 14 Prime Crewmen Train in a Landing Simulator
Lunar Landers -- Apollo-14 crewmen Alan Shepard (foreground) and Edgar Mitchell train for their lunar mission in a landing simulator at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They are to put down in the Fra Mauro area while fellow crewman Stuart Roo...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Chaplain of the Prime Recovery Carrier
"Prayer for Successful Return" -- The chaplain of the prime recovery carrier Iwo Jima says a prayer of thanks following the successful recovery of the Apollo-13 astronauts April 17 in the South Pacific. The spacemen, from left, are James Lovell, F...
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During the motorcade, Captain Conrad puffs a cigarette while waving to the crowds as captains Gordon and Bean also waved to the greeting crowds. Alan Bean dropped his hat soon after this picture was taken. It was picked up by a little school girl ...
Mahinda Fernando
Astronaut Shepard Tries Custom-Made Couch
Custom-Made Couch -- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., assisted by Flight Surgeon William Douglas, tries his moulded foam plastic couch for size at the U.S. Naval Air Development Center, Johnsville, Pennsylvania.
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Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Tries a Custom-Made Couch
Custom-Made Couch -- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., assisted by Flight Surgeon William Douglas, tries his molded foam plastic couch for size at the U.S. Naval Air Development Center, Johnsville, Pennsylvania.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Astronaut John W. Young, co-pilot of the first U.S. manned Gemini flight
The Times of Ceylon Press