Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper
"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.
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Three Apollo Astronauts Receive Gold Medals
President Johnson presenting gold medals to the three Apollo astronauts who went around the moon. Here at the White House on January 9th he is seen giving Frank Borman his medal whilst William Anders (left) and James Lovell look on.— (United Press...
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Donn F. Eisele
The first crew for the first manned Apollo mission, assigned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
They are left to right: Astronauts Donn F. Eisele, Command module pilot; Walter M. Schirra, Junior Commander; and Walter Cunningham...
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Gemini 9 Astronauts
Gemini 9 astronauts Eugene Cernan (left) and Thomas Stafford coming out of their space-craft after they made a bull's eye landing in the Atlantic, at the end of three-day feats in space last week. The astronauts were picked up by the rescue aircra...
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A Spacecraft Check-Out by Apollo 12 Astronauts
Washington: Apollo 12 astronauts (from left) Charles Conrad Jr., Commander; Richard Gordon, Jr., Command Module Pilot; and Alan Bean, Lunar Module Pilot, during a spacecraft check-out at North American Rockwell Space Division in Downey, California...
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Astronauts Stafford & Schirra Popping Out of Their Spacecraft
It looks like something from the Birth of Venus, but is actually US astronauts, Tom Stafford (foreground, left) and Walter Schirra (foreground, right) popping out of their spacecraft Gemini 6, after splash-down in the Atlantic Ocean after their re...
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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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Edwin ,& James
United States astronauts, Edwin Aldrin, and James Lovell smiling cheerfully as they leave a helicopter on the flight-deck of the aircraft-carrier "Wasp"after they had landed safely in the Atlantic in Gemni-12 at the end of their four-day space voy...
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Astronauts McDivitt & White Set Off
Cape Kennedy, Fla U.S.A.: A Titan rocket roars from the launch pad here this morning, carrying U.S. astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II on a proposed four-day, 62-orbit flight around the earth.
The two spacemen both fathers of youn...
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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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