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Apollo-11 commander Neil Armstrong gives a hearty "thumbs up" signal as he and fellow astronauts Mike Collins (center) and Edwin Aldrin leave their quarters to enter a transfer van for a ride to the launch pad at Cape Kennedy in Florida on July 16...
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The count down has started at CAPE CANAVERAL in preparation for the flight by Astronaut GORDON COOPER. The orbital mission is intended to complete 22 orbits and should last 34 hours and 22 minutes. PHOTO SHOWS— Astronaut GORDON COOPER relaxes in...
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Apollo-17 commander Eugene Cernan blows a kiss to his daughter, Tracey, as he leaves the crew quarters at Cape Kennedy, Florida. With Tracey are other family members of the Apollo spacemen.
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A Picture Window on the New Space Capsule
(right) "Picture Window" The Project Mercury space capsule, named "Liberty Bell 7" undergoes final system checks at Cape Canaveral, Florida, before U.S. astronaut Virgil I. Grissom enters for the suborbital space flight. The new capsule has a "pic...
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Vice President Spiro Agnew shares a laugh with Apollo-10 astronauts Gene Cernan (left) and Tom Stafford (right) as he receives a model of "Snoopy," the flight mascot. Mr. Agnew visited the crew quarters at Cape Kennedy in Florida on May 17, the da...
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Americans Make Final Man-in-Space Preparations
It is believed that final preparations are now in progress at Cape Canaveral, Florida - for the American Man-in-Space project. Experts consider that only two men remain on the list to be America's first Spaceman - they are Col. John Glenn (39) of ...
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Apollo 11 Astronauts Hold Their Final Televised Press Conference
The Apollo 11 astronauts hold their final televised press conference at Cape Kennedy in Florida before the start of their lunar landing mission. From left are Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins. They were sent into space on July 16 a...
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Apollo 14 Prime Crewmen Train in a Landing Simulator
Lunar Landers -- Apollo-14 crewmen Alan Shepard (foreground) and Edgar Mitchell train for their lunar mission in a landing simulator at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They are to put down in the Fra Mauro area while fellow crewman Stuart Roo...
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Apollo-12 Crewmen in Front of Saturn V
Apollo 12 Crew & Rocket— The Apollo-12 crewmen stand in front of their Saturn V as the 110-meter-tall launch vehicle was transported to Pad 39 at Cape Kennedy in Florida on September 8. From left are: Alan Bean, lunar module pilot; Richard Gordon,...
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Apollo-14 Crewmen Training for their Flight
Captain and Crew -- Apollo-14 commander Alan Shepard stand at the base of a lunar module at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. With him are fellow crewmen Stuart Roosa (center), command module pilot, and Edgar Mitchell, lunar module pilot. The a...
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