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This Taxi cab ran off the road and overturned at Pallemalala (opposite the Pallemalala Viharaya seen in the background), between Hambantota and Tissa, while returning from Kataragama. Three persons including the driver, D. Somadasa were seriously ...
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Technician Checks Astronaut Glenn's Outer Garment
A technician carefully checks Glenn's outer garments as the astronaut completes his thermal under garment wardrobe before his historic space flight.
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Apollo-11 commander Neil Armstrong shakes hands with Secretary-General U. Thant after presenting to him a replica of the plaque left on the Moon. The ceremony took place recently at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. With Armstrong are ...
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Ernie Old, of Melbourne Australia the "iron man" of cycling, took up endurance-riding seriously after he turned 70. Since then he has pedaled 60,000 miles over all the highways and back roads of the Australian continent. He has crossed the contine...
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The Apollo-8 Astronauts to Fly Around The Moon
The United States will launch three Astronauts to fly around the moon on December 21, 1968, from Cape Kennedy, Florida. The Apollo-8 Astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Jr., and William A. Anders, if all goes according to schedule, will have...
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Apollo-8 commander Frank Borman poses with his wife Susan and sons Frederick (left) and Edwin in their home near the Manned Spacecraft Centre in Texas.—(IPS)
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The Gemini-12 spacecraft, with United States astronauts James Lovell and Edwin Aldrin aboard seconds before splashdown at the conclusion of the 4-day space mission, in the Atlantic Ocean recently (left photo). At right: The spacecraft safely down,...
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