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Nicosia, Cyprus: A lightning-struck Britannia Airliner plunged into a hill near here today, killing 124 persons. This picture shows rescue workers carrying a stretcher away from the scene after the plane crashed in lashing rain and hail into the h...
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Rescue workers searching the wreckage of the chartered Britannia airliner which crashed on a hill outside Nicosia recently. The airliner, owned by the Swiss charter company, Globe Air, crashed in a rain and hail storm after being struck by lightni...
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America's First Moon Landing Crewmen
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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American & Soviet Spacemen in a Joint Handshake
American and Soviet spacemen in a joint handshake when they met for the first time at a recent reception in Athens marking the end of the 6th International Astronomical Congress. From left to right are Soviet Vokshod 2, cosmonaut, Lt-Col. Alexei L...
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Space Center, Houston: America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced August 6th the prime crew for the flight of Apollo 14. From left to right are astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Commander; Stuart A. Roosa, Command Module Pilo...
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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...
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Apollo-7 Opening the New Quick-Opening Hatch During a Rehearsal
Apollo Seven command pilot, Walter Schirra, opening the new quick-opening hatch in his spacecraft during a recent rehearsal of emergency escape procedures. The drill marked the resumption of Apollo testing by its pilots after the ground fire which...
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Apollo-9 Commander McDivitt At The Ready
"Apollo 9 Commander at The Ready" Cape Kennedy -- Apollo 9 Commander James McDivitt, his head already encased in a transparent space helmet, rests as suit technicians finish helping his crew dress prior to launch here today. (3rd March, 1969)
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"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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"On Their Way" Cape Kennedy, Florida: American Astronaut Gordon Cooper leads fellow space traveller Peter Conrad up the ramp to their waiting Titan II rocket and Gemini spacecraft as they arrived at launch complex 19 here today at the beginning of...
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