Showing 253 results Archival description
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...
Daily Mirror
Apollo 11 Astronauts Hold Their Final Televised Press Conference
The Apollo 11 astronauts hold their final televised press conference at Cape Kennedy in Florida before the start of their lunar landing mission. From left are Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins. They were sent into space on July 16 a...
IPS
Apollo Trio Driving to Colombo
Richard Gordon straightens his tie during the drive to Colombo. Beside him are Capts. Conrad and Bean respectively.
Daily Mirror
"The 10 Longest Manned Space Flights" (listed in order of length) ❖ Ranking : 1 Nation : U.S. Spacecraft : Gemini-7 Date of Flight : Dec. 14 - 18, 1965 Crew : Borman, Lovell Number of Earth Orbits : 206 Flight Time (hours & mins) : 380:35 ❖ Rankin...
Daily Mirror
Apollo-12 Crewmen Enjoy the Sun
Apollo-12 commander Richard Gordon leans back and enjoys the sun and fresh air as he and his two colleagues leave the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Manned Spacecraft Centre in Houston, Texas, December 10. Charles Conrad, left and Alan Bean, ce...
IPS
Apollo-12 Crewmen in Front of Saturn V
Apollo 12 Crew & Rocket— The Apollo-12 crewmen stand in front of their Saturn V as the 110-meter-tall launch vehicle was transported to Pad 39 at Cape Kennedy in Florida on September 8. From left are: Alan Bean, lunar module pilot; Richard Gordon,...
Daily Mirror
Apollo-14 Astronauts from the Window of their Mobile Quarantine Van Aboard the Recovery Carrier
Apollo-14 astronauts Stuart Roosa, Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell (from left) gaze out of the window of their mobile quarantine van aboard the recovery carrier USS New Orleans. They splashed down in the South Pacific near Samoa February 9 to end ...
Daily Mirror
"Space Man Rings Wife" Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper, 36-year-old Air Force Major talks to his wife by phone from the U.S. aircraft carrier Kearsarge after he had been picked up by the carrier on the completion of his 22-orbit space flight. After ...
Daily Mirror