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Edward H. White II

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  • 1967-2-9

Edward H. White II, new U.S. space flight test pilot

Daily Mirror

Gemini 10 Astronaauts John Young and Michael Collins

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Mission Completed On board the USS Guadalcanal: Gemini-10 astronauts John Young (left) and Michael Collins pictured on board the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Guadalcanal after they had been picked up in the Atlantic following the splash-dow...

United Press International (UK) Ltd.

Gemini-6 Astronauts aboard the USS Carrier Wasp

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Happy Spacemen — Gemini-6 astronauts Tom Stafford (left) and Wally Schirra congratulate each other aboard the carrier USS Wasp after they completed their historic rendezvous flight. They came aboard the carrier inside their spacecraft after the sp...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Helicopter Recovery

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  • 1961-5-13

A helicopter from the recovery ship USS Lake Champlain hoists aeronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. aboard as his Project Mercury capsule begins to float in the Atlantic. Helicopter Recovery — A helicopter from the recovery ship USS Lake Champlain hoists ...

Daily Mirror

John Young Receives Congressional Space Medal of Honor

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Space Veteran -- President Ronald Reagan congratulates John Young as Vice President George Bush affixes the Congressional Space Medal of Honor around his neck at the White House in Washington. Young, commander of the Space Shuttle Columbia on its ...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6

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  • 1962-2-28

Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6, carrying Col. John Glenn in the space capsule on top, into his historic space flight on February 20, 1962.

The Times of Ceylon Press

Major Edward H. White Looking at Earth

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  • 1965-6-14

Major Edward H. White (34) looking down at an earth turned by distance into the lightness of a round and elderly cheese 100 miles below him, as he floated in space during the recent 4-day Gemini flight. The "umbilical cord" that attached the U.S. ...

United Press International (UK) Ltd.

Major System of the Mercury Spacecraft

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  • 1961-5-18

Major systems of the Mercury spacecraft are represented in this simplified artist's version. --- An artist's impression of the Project Mercury space capsule in orbit. The blunt end of the capsule absorbs the tremendous heat of re-entering the eart...

The Times of Ceylon Press

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