Astronauts McDivitt & White Set Off
Cape Kennedy, Fla U.S.A.: A Titan rocket roars from the launch pad here this morning, carrying U.S. astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II on a proposed four-day, 62-orbit flight around the earth.
The two spacemen both fathers of youn...
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Apollo-11 Families
The crewmen for the Apollo -11 lunar landing mission posing with their families around a model of the moon. At left and in front are Buzz and Joan Aldrin with Mike (13), Jan (11) and Andy (10). Above are Mike and Pat Collins with Mike (6), Kate (...
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Apollo-15 Crew Pose with Training Equipment
Crewmen for the Apollo-15 lunar flight pose with training equipment at Houston, Texas. From left are: David Scott, mission commander; Alfred Worden, command module pilot and James Irwin, lunar module pilot. In foreground is a mockup of the rover v...
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Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, Commander
May 1969
On December 21, 1963 the United States launched the Apollo space craft to orbit the moon. The astronauts had two prime objectives -- to go into lunar orbit, and to take photographs of the best possible landing sites for men to set a space...
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Astronaut Alan B. Shepard at Control Center
Control Center — Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., the first U.S. spaceman, serves as capsule communicator in the control center at Cape Canaveral, Florida during the flight of Virgil I. Grissom down the Atlantic test range July 21. At right is astro...
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U.S. Astronauts Receiving Congratulations from President
U.S. astronauts Edward H. White (left) and James A. McDivitt putting their heads together to hear President Johnson's telephoned congratulations on their successful Gemini IV space flight. The Chief Executive's call reached them shortly after they...
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Astronaut Young
Astronaut John W. Young, co-pilot of the first U.S. manned Gemini flight
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