John Glenn Enters the Altitude Chamber
USA's Man in Orbit Attempt
Next Wednesday the USA will try to put its first spaceman into orbit around the earth,. The vehicle — to be launched from Cape Canaveral — is an Atlas equipped with a Mercury capsule. The astronaut will be Lt. Col. John...
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Astronaut John Glenn Displays New Astronaut Insignia
Astronaut Insignia — Astronaut John Glenn, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, displays new military insignia awarded him recently in Washington. At left is Marine Corps astronaut insignia, presented by Corps Commandant, Gen. David M. S...
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"USA's Man into Orbit Attempt"
Next Wednesday the USA will try to put its first spacemen in orbit around the earth. The vehicle – to be launched from Cape Canaveral – is an Atlas with a Mercury capsule. The astronaut will be Lt. Col. John Glenn.
Photo shows: John Glenn and back...
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John Glenn Signs Autographs
Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, the astronaut who made three orbits of the earth earlier this week, is watched by his wife Anna as he signs autographs shortly after arriving at Cape Canaveral yesterday - the point where the spaceman set out on his histori...
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Charles Conrad
Charles Conrad Jr., new U.S. space flight test pilot.
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Jean Hale in "In Like Flint"
Jean Hale .... lovely antagonist for super agent Flint heads an international plot for women to take over the world in the 20th Century Fox production, "IN LIKE FLINT" which goes on for a second week at the Savoy.
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James Coburn and Margaret Blye in "Waterhole 3"
Margaret Blye loses a struggle against James Coburn in what turns out to be a barnyard love scene from "Waterhole 3," a Blake Edwards Production for Paramount Pictures, opening shortly at the Liberty Theatre. Filmed in Technicolor and Techniscope,...
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Recovery
Crewmen from the U.S. destroyer Noa attach pulley lines to the Mercury space capsule Friendship 7, with Astronaut John Glenn Inside, after a tri-orbital flight around the earth.
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Apollo Team
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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Evans and Wife
Evans and wife—Apollo 17 command module pilot Ronald Evans and wife Jan.
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