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"The Men Who Dare"

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  • 1962-5-28

All seven astronauts often pilot modern jet aircraft during their training for space flights to sharpen their reflexes and improve their coordination at high speeds. Posing in front of an Air Force F-106B are (left to right) : M. Scott Carpenter, ...

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America's First Moon Landing Crewmen

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  • 1969-1-20

America's first moon landing crewmen said recently they were thrilled that the "twists and turns of fate" had brought them the coveted assignment, but they do not know yet who will first step out on the lunar surface. Apollo-11 astronaut Edwin "Bu...

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Apollo Team

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  • 1967-9-16

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...

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Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper

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  • 1963-5-30

"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 ...

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Astronaut Alan L. Bean

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  • 1969-11-25

Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 12. Photo from IPS.

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Astronaut Carpenter Looks through the "Astro Globe"

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  • 1962-5-20

Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter looks through the back of an "astro globe"at Cape Canaveral, Florida, in preparation for his orbital flight. He and the other astronauts spent many hours studying astronomy and geography. One of Astronaut Carpenter's s...

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Astronaut Carpenter Training for His Orbital Flight

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  • 1962-5-28

Technicians adjust the lightweight pressure suit on Carpenter during training for his orbital flight. During normal space flight, the suit is not inflated and the pilot can keep his helmet open to breathe cabin air and eat. If cabin air pressure d...

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