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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The Gemini-12 Spacecraft
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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Major Edward H. White Looking at Earth
Major Edward H. White (34) looking down at an earth turned by distance into the lightness of a round and elderly cheese 100 miles below him, as he floated in space during the recent 4-day Gemini flight.
The "umbilical cord" that attached the U.S. ...
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Astronaut Cernan with Family
Apollo-10 astronaut, Eugene Cernan, arrives at Seabrook, Texas with his daughter, Tracey, 6, and wife Barbara after a reunion at nearby Ellington AFB.
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Astronaut Edward White
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(1) : U.S. Astronaut Major Edward White II standing in the hatchway of the Gemini IV spacecraft as he begins his historical "space walk".
(2) : White pushing away from the hatch.
(3) : White drifting away from the hatch.
(4) : White floating...
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"Russia's Four Spacemen Together"
Moscow: Pictured here are the Soviet Union's four cosmonauts seen preparing to make their next parachute jump when they were in training. Left to right are: Major Andrian Nikolayev, who was blasted into space in Vostok 3 on Aug. 11th; Lieut. Col. ...
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