Cosmonaut Beregovoy in the Spacecraft
Millions of TV viewers watched the broadcast from the Soyuz-3 spacecraft on their TV screens. This shot shows the pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel Georgy Beregovoy in the cabin of the spacecraft.
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Alan Shepard
Astronaut Alan Shepard entering a lift that will take him to the space capsule atop the Redstone rocket—during tests for the American space-shot.
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.
The Crew of Lunar Module
The United States has scheduled an attempt to land men on the moon. Vital to the success of this mission will be the descent to the Lunar surface of two crew men in the Lunar Module as a third astronaut keeps the Apollo spacecraft in orbit around ...
United States Information Service
The Apollo - 17 Crewmen
Crew Introduction -- the Apollo-17 crewmen, scheduled to visit the Moon in December 1972, are introduced to newsmen in Houston, Texas. From left are: Harrison Schmitt, lunar module pilot; Eugene Cernan, mission commander, and Ronald Evans, comman...
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington
Cape Canaveral, FLA - Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. climbed into the Mercury spacecraft "Faith 7" at 05.32 a.m. EST as NASA and McDonnel spacecraft engineers assist.
Picture shows astronaut Gordon Jr. 36-year-old Air Force Major climbing into M...
Daily Mirror
Medal for Atsronaut Cooper
President Kennedy pinning the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Distinguished Service Medal on Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper during ceremonies at the White House on May 21st. Major Cooper was honoured for his 22-orbit flight in Faith...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper
"On Their Way"
Cape Kennedy, Florida: American Astronaut Gordon Cooper leads fellow space traveller Peter Conrad up the ramp to their waiting Titan II rocket and Gemini spacecraft as they arrived at launch complex 19 here today at the beginning of...
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Seven Mercury Astronauts
Top row, left to right: Malcolm S. Carpenter, Leroy G. Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., and Virgil I. Grissom. Jr.
Bottom row, left to right: Walter M. Schirra Jr., Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Donald K. Slayton.
The Times of Ceylon Press