Apollo-7 Opening the New Quick-Opening Hatch During a Rehearsal
Apollo Seven command pilot, Walter Schirra, opening the new quick-opening hatch in his spacecraft during a recent rehearsal of emergency escape procedures. The drill marked the resumption of Apollo testing by its pilots after the ground fire which...
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Astronaut Alan Bean
The Apollo 12 crew (left to right) Astronauts Alan Bean, Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon in a command module during an egress training exercise in preparation for their launch and return from the moon.
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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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Astronaut Adrin Reunites with Family
"Happy Reunion" -- U.S. "space walker" astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin holds his youngest son, Andrew, as Mrs. Aldrin and daughter Janice wait their turn. The photo was taken in November 1966 upon Aldrin's return from the Gemini-12 space flight in w...
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Astronaut Alan B. Shepard during His Historic Flight
Alan B. Shepard Jr., the first U.S. astronaut to ride the Project Mercury capsule into space, is shown as he appeared while on his historic flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 05th. The picture was made by a 16-mm color movie camera attache...
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Astronaut Alan B. Shepard in Training
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard squeezes out of the narrow neck of a Mercury spacecraft during a phase of his training. The craft, which is programmed to land in the sea, contains an inflatable life raft, a radio transmitter, and other survival gear.
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