A Spacecraft Check-Out by Apollo 12 Astronauts
Washington: Apollo 12 astronauts (from left) Charles Conrad Jr., Commander; Richard Gordon, Jr., Command Module Pilot; and Alan Bean, Lunar Module Pilot, during a spacecraft check-out at North American Rockwell Space Division in Downey, California...
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American & Soviet Spacemen in a Joint Handshake
American and Soviet spacemen in a joint handshake when they met for the first time at a recent reception in Athens marking the end of the 6th International Astronomical Congress. From left to right are Soviet Vokshod 2, cosmonaut, Lt-Col. Alexei L...
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Astronaut Cernan and His Daughter
"And Now—A Big Kiss for Daddy"
Apollo 10 astronaut Eugene Cernan, must have left out of this world, as he was greeted by his six-year-old daughter Tracey when he an his fellow crewmen arrived back in Houston for the first re-union with their famil...
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Astronaut Lovell's Family Watch Blast-Off
Kennedy Space Centre, FLA.: Marilyn Lovell, wife of astronaut James Lovell, watches with three of their children as the Saturn-V rocket carrying her husband and fellow astronauts Frank Borman and William Anders rises from the launching pad yesterd...
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Astronauts Check-Out a Spacecraft
Apollo-12 astronauts (from left) Charles Conrad Jr., Commander; Richard Gordon, Jr., command module pilot; and Alan Bean, lunar module pilot, check out their spacecraft at North American Rockwell Space Division here.
Their mission to the moon is ...
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Cigars of Celebration at the Space Center
"Celebration Cigars"
Space Center, Houston, Texas: Flanked by U.S. flags, space flight officials light up cigars of celebration following their successful rendezvous of Gemini-6 and Gemini-7 during orbital flight yesterday. Flight Director Chris K...
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Eugene Cernan with His Family
"Astronauts Re-Unite With Their Family"
Space centre, Houston: The Apollo 10 astronauts arrived back home home today, and were re-united with their families for the first time since their historic trip around the moon. At rear is astronaut Eugene ...
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Gemini 9 Astronauts
Gemini 9 astronauts Eugene Cernan (left) and Thomas Stafford coming out of their space-craft after they made a bull's eye landing in the Atlantic, at the end of three-day feats in space last week. The astronauts were picked up by the rescue aircra...
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Soviet Cosmonauts and Wives in Triumphant Procession
Moscow, USSR: Cosmonauts Pavel I. Belyaev (left) and Alexei Leonov, who last week shot to fame and history-making in their spacecraft Vokshod II, wave bouqets of flowers from their flower-strewn car as they are driven in triumph on the way to Red ...
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Space Couple Salute
Aboard Carrier Wasp: The two American astronauts launched into orbit on June 3rd, "splashed down" safely by parachute in the Atlantic 400 miles from Bermuda yesterday. They came down 48 miles from the main recovery vessel, the carrier wasp and the...
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