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Francis Wanigasekera with Sri Lankans in Manila
Sri Lanka's Ambassador in the Philippines, Mr. Francis W. Wanigasekera entertained Sri Lankans in Manila on New Year's Day. The party was held to enable Sri Lankans to meet one another. Mr. Wanigasekera also offered a special pooja before the part...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise takes a rest during a practice session for the Apollo-13 mission. He is wearing the communications skull cap to which are attached two microphones that operate simultaneously. In the event of a failure of one, there w...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Astronauts Haise and family — Apollo-13 lunar module pilot Fred W. Haise, Jr., and his wife Mary pose with their children at home near Houston, Texas. From left are: daughter Mary, 14, son Stephen, 9 and Frederick, 12.
Daily Mirror
From the Height of a Cosmic Flight
One of the photographs taken by USSR pilot-cosmonaut Gherman Titov during his cosmic flight on board of "Vostok-2" spaceship. The porthole of the "Vzor" optic equipment through which Gherman Titov took pictures of the earth. The pointer on the gla...
Fotokhronika TASS
Funeral Service for Comet Disaster Victims at Porta Azzuro on Island of Elba
The scene as Fishermen carry the coffins containing the bodies of the victims - following the disaster to the British Comet Airliner. Thirty-five members of the passengers and crew of the machine lost their lives when the comet crashed into the Se...
Lankadeepa
Future cosmonauts (Photo by S. Lidov and A. Modestov)
A. Modestov
Gagarin at Moscow Film Festival
Standby for a rush of bachelors to volunteer for space training. The reason could be the kiss that Major Yuri Gagarin is shown receiving from Italy's top film star Gina Lollobrigids at the Film Festival in Moscow.
Sport & General Press Agency Ltd.