Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper
"Space Man Rings Wife"
Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper, 36-year-old Air Force Major talks to his wife by phone from the U.S. aircraft carrier Kearsarge after he had been picked up by the carrier on the completion of his 22-orbit space flight.
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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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"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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John Glenn Just Before His Launch into Space
"Ready to go..."
A close-up of the face of an astronaut tense with expectation and the strain of repeated delays. ... Lt. Col. John Glenn just before his launch into space...
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Astronaut Glenn Hoisted out of the Water
right: there's a man inside: the Mercury Space Capsule Friendship 7 with Astronaut Glenn within is hoisted out of the water after his tri-orbital space flight round the earth on Feb 20th.
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Astronaut Glenn's Tappal
Pictured here is U.S. astronaut John Glenn among some of the bulging sacks of mail he has received since his orbital flight in space.
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The Three Apollo-15 Crewmen
Ready For the Moon -- The three Apollo-15 crewmen appear confident before the start of their flight to the Moon. From left are James Irwin, Alfred Worden and David Scott.
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Thant Meets Astronauts
Apollo-11 commander Neil Armstrong shakes hands with Secretary-General U. Thant after presenting to him a replica of the plaque left on the Moon. The ceremony took place recently at United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
With Armstrong are ...
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