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Astronaut David R.Scott, Commander of the Apollo-15 lunar landing mission, with his wife, the former Ann Lurton Ott; his daughter, Tracy, born March 25, 1961; and his son, Douglas W., born October 8, 1963.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Astronaut Shepard Receives Medal from U.S. President
Mr. John Kennedy, President of the United States, pinning the Distinguished Service Medal of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on America's first astronaut, Commander Alan Shepard, at the White House on Monday. Also in the picture ...
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.
Capsule Inspection — Alan B. Shepard, Jr., the first U.S. astronaut to ride the Project Mercury capsule through space, inspects the capsule after it was recovered from the Atlantic and take aboard the USS Lake Champlain May 05. Shepard left the on...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Gemini Pilots Young and Grissom
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...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Gemini-9 will Make 96 Minute Revolutions, 90-Minute Orbits!
Washington — America's Gemini-9 spacecraft will complete about 15 revolutions around the earth daily — one revolution about every 96 minutes during its three-day mission. Yet it will make about 16 orbits daily! The distinction between revolutions ...
The Times of Ceylon Press
President J. R. Jayawardene with the Astronauts of Apollo-12
"Presenting the Flag" (?)
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U.S. astronauts Edward H. White (left) and James A. McDivitt putting their heads together to hear President Johnson's telephoned congratulations on their successful Gemini IV space flight. The Chief Executive's call reached them shortly after they...
The Times of Ceylon Press