"He Is 'Trapped' in the Jewel Tower"
London turned out to give Yuri Gagarin another storming welcome today (13-7-1961) – and the enthusiasm of it kept him a prisoner in the Tower of London for ten minutes. Gagarin had to stay in the Jewel Tower until care arrived because the excited ...
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"Red Flower Welcome for Their Country Man"
Among the large crowds that thronged the airport yesterday evening to see Major Gagarin, were a number of little Russian boys and girls who offered the cosmonaut red flowers. The little girls wore red ribbons in their hair.
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"The Men Who Dare"
All seven astronauts often pilot modern jet aircraft during their training for space flights to sharpen their reflexes and improve their coordination at high speeds. Posing in front of an Air Force F-106B are (left to right) : M. Scott Carpenter, ...
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Alan Bean with Family
Astronaut Bean and Family — Apollo 12 lunar module pilot Alan Bean poses with his wife Sue, daughter Amy Sue, 6, and son Clay, 13, in their home near Houston, Texas.
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Apollo Team
The American astronauts who will make the first manned flight in an Apollo spacecraft visit the McDonnel Douglas plant in California.
They inspected the top stage of the Saturn I rocket that was scheduled to send them into earth orbit from Cape Ke...
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Apollo Trio Driving to Colombo
Richard Gordon straightens his tie during the drive to Colombo. Beside him are Capts. Conrad and Bean respectively.
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