Astronauts Aboard USS Yorktown
"Happy To Be Aboard"
Aboard the USS Yorktown: Apollo-8 astronauts Frank Borman (left), James Lovell (centre) and William Anders on their arrival aboard the USS Yorktown in the Pacific after being lifted from their space capsule by helicopter today.
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Adtronauts Relaxing & Talking After A Practice
The Gemini-11 astronauts relaxing and talking after a practice session on September 3rd., in a flight simulator for their 3-day space mission which ended yesterday.
Left to right are William Anders, backup crew: Gemini-11 pilot Richard Gordon; Gem...
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Neil Armstrong Smiles Happily
Apollo-11 Commander Neil Armstrong smiles happily after having successfully completed a flight in the Lunar Lander training vehicle recently. The vehicle is used to train Astronauts in flying the Lunar Module to the Moon's surface.
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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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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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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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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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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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Astronaut Lovell's Family Watch Blast-Off
Kennedy Space Centre, FLA.: Marilyn Lovell, wife of astronaut James Lovell, watches with three of their children as the Saturn-V rocket carrying her husband and fellow astronauts Frank Borman and William Anders rises from the launching pad yesterd...
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The Three Apollo-8 Crewmen
Washington: Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, William A. Anders and James Lovell Jr., (L-R) stand in front of an Apollo command module in this 10/28/68 photo. It was disclosed 11/12 the U.S. will send the Apollo spacecraft around the moon with Bor...
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