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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 ...
Daily Mirror
"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...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
Astronaut Adrin Reunites with Family
"Happy Reunion" -- U.S. "space walker" astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin holds his youngest son, Andrew, as Mrs. Aldrin and daughter Janice wait their turn. The photo was taken in November 1966 upon Aldrin's return from the Gemini-12 space flight in w...
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Astronaut — Alan B. Shepard, Jr., who became the first U.S. astronaut to ride the Project Mercury capsule into space on May 05, is shows at Cape Canaveral, Florida, before the start of his flight.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Tries a Custom-Made Couch
Custom-Made Couch -- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., assisted by Flight Surgeon William Douglas, tries his molded foam plastic couch for size at the U.S. Naval Air Development Center, Johnsville, Pennsylvania.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard at Control Center
Control Center — Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., the first U.S. spaceman, serves as capsule communicator in the control center at Cape Canaveral, Florida during the flight of Virgil I. Grissom down the Atlantic test range July 21. At right is astro...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard during His Historic Flight
Alan B. Shepard Jr., the first U.S. astronaut to ride the Project Mercury capsule into space, is shown as he appeared while on his historic flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 05th. The picture was made by a 16-mm color movie camera attache...
Daily Mirror
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard in Training
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard squeezes out of the narrow neck of a Mercury spacecraft during a phase of his training. The craft, which is programmed to land in the sea, contains an inflatable life raft, a radio transmitter, and other survival gear.
The Times of Ceylon Press