A New Spacesuit for Use in the U.S. Apollo Programme
Four views of a new spacesuit for use in the U.S. Apollo program.
Called the Block II Extravehicular Mobility Unit, the outfit is designed to permit the astronauts to leave their craft after a lunar landing to conduct experiments and to explore th...
United States Information Service
Apollo-10 Astronauts Aboard USS Princeton
"Happy Astronauts"
Aboard USS Princeton: American Astronauts Eugene A.Cernan (Left), Col. Thomas P. Stafford (Center) and Cmdr. John M. Young, are a happy trip as they step from the helicopter on board USS Princeton here today, 40 minutes after sp...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
Astronaut Gordon and Family
Apollo-12 command module pilot Richard Gordon poses with his wife Barbara and six children outside their home near Houston, Texas. Standing are, from left, Carleen, 15, Richard, 14, Mrs. Gordon, Thomas, 10, and Mr. Gordon. In foreground with the f...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Astronauts Recovered in the Atlantic
In the Atlantic: The early morning sun dapples the calm Atlantic with myriads of diamond-like sparkles as one of the United States record-breaking astronauts is hoisted aboard the rescue helicopter yesterday. His partner waits in life raft as a fr...
Daily Mirror
Astronauts Visiting Kandy
It was very warm in Kandy when the astronaut trio and their wives visited the hill capital on Saturday, and Richard Gordon (centre) found temporary relief in a drink from his ice can. — (Picture by D. M. Kodagoda)
D. M. Kodagoda