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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 L. Bean—Lunar Module Pilot
Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo - 12.
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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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"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. After ...
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Astronaut Carpenter Studying the Flight Manual
Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter studying the flight operation manual during training procedures within project Mercury spacecraft.
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Astronaut Glenn Before He Entered the Capsule
Astronaut J. H. Glenn before he entered the Capsule for the Countdown.
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John Glenn (above) takes a congratulatory call from President Kennedy who said it for the world: "well done!"
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Glenn Climbs into Space Capsule
Lt. Col. Glenn climb into the Space Capsule Friendship 7 for his historic flight.
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