Astronauts Meet Cosmonauts
American Astronauts Neil Armstrong (right) and Charles Conrad, Jr., met Soviet Cosmonauts B. V. Volinov and E. V. Khruonuov at award presentation ceremonies of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) in New Delhi, Sunday (Nov, 22).
The FA...
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Astronauts Recovered in the Atlantic
In the Atlantic: The early morning sun dapples the calm Atlantic with myriads of diamond-like sparkles as one of the United States record-breaking astronauts is hoisted aboard the rescue helicopter yesterday. His partner waits in life raft as a fr...
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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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Astronauts Visiting Kandy
It was very warm in Kandy when the astronaut trio and their wives visited the hill capital on Saturday, and Richard Gordon (centre) found temporary relief in a drink from his ice can. — (Picture by D. M. Kodagoda)
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Astronauts Wave
During the motorcade, Captain Conrad puffs a cigarette while waving to the crowds as captains Gordon and Bean also waved to the greeting crowds.
Alan Bean dropped his hat soon after this picture was taken.
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Astronauts Welcomed in New York City
The Apollo-11 crewmen wave to the huge crowd lining Broadway in New York City recently as they are given a traditional welcome of ticker tape, flags and hearty cheers. From left are Michael Collins, Edwin Aldrin and Neil Arm strong.
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Astronauts at a Press Conference
Astronauts John Young (left) and Virgil "Gus" Grissom discuss their three orbital flight in the Gemini capsule at a press conference in Houston, Texas. Both expressed full confidence in the spacecraft and their ability to flight. On the right in e...
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Astronauts in Quarantine Quarters
Apollo-11 astronauts relax in the Mobile Quarantine Facility while en route to the Lunar Receiving Laboratory in Houston, Texas.
Left to right are Michael Collins, Edwin Aldrin and Neil Armstrong. The three men are scheduled to emerge from isolati...
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