American & Soviet Spacemen in a Joint Handshake
American and Soviet spacemen in a joint handshake when they met for the first time at a recent reception in Athens marking the end of the 6th International Astronomical Congress. From left to right are Soviet Vokshod 2, cosmonaut, Lt-Col. Alexei L...
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Captain Richard Gordon
Colombo, March 17 -- Captain Richard Gordon (right) leafs through an album presented to him by Mr. Victor Stier (left) Director of the United States Information Service, Colombo. In the center is Mr. Arthur Clarke. The album contained pictures and...
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James Loyell (Left) and Frank Borman
"The Glory Boys from Outer Space"
Aboard the USS Wasp: Bearded astronauts James Lovell (left) and Frank Borman pictured on this aircraft carrier today in the Atlantic Southwest of Bermuda after their successful splash down. The world space record-...
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Londoners Greet American Astronaut
Colonel Frank Borman, commander of America's Apollo 8 flight around the moon, is greeted enthusiastically by Londoners as he arrives in Downing Street, to call on Mr. Harold Wilson, Britain's Prime Minister.
Col. Borman was later invited to Buckin...
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Astronaut Cooper - "Reunion"
"There's Something To Smile About For This Happy Family"
Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper poses with his wife, Trudy, and their two daughters, Cam (left), 14, and Jan, 13, after their recent reunion in Honolulu, Hawaii. Astronaut Cooper flew by Helic...
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Gemini 9 Astronauts
Gemini 9 astronauts Eugene Cernan (left) and Thomas Stafford coming out of their space-craft after they made a bull's eye landing in the Atlantic, at the end of three-day feats in space last week. The astronauts were picked up by the rescue aircra...
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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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