Apollo-10 Crew
"The 10 Longest Manned Space Flights"
(listed in order of length)
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Ranking : 1
Nation : U.S.
Spacecraft : Gemini-7
Date of Flight : Dec. 14 - 18, 1965
Crew : Borman, Lovell
Number of Earth Orbits : 206
Flight Time (hours & mins) : 380:35
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Major System of the Mercury Spacecraft
Major systems of the Mercury spacecraft are represented in this simplified artist's version.
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An artist's impression of the Project Mercury space capsule in orbit. The blunt end of the capsule absorbs the tremendous heat of re-entering the eart...
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Apollo-13 Crew
Crewmen for the Apollo-13 flight are, from left: James Lovell, commander; Thomas Mattingly, command module pilot and Fred Haise, Lunar module pilot.
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Astronauts of Apollo 13
From left to right: James A. Lovell Jr. (Commander), John L. "Jack" Swigert Jr. (Command Module Pilot), and Fred W. Haise Jr. (Lunar Module Pilot)
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Apollo-15 Crew Pose with Their Emblem
The crewmen for the Apollo -15 lunar flight pose with their emblem. From left to right are, David Scott, mission commander; Alfred Worden, command module pilot, and James Irwin, lunar module pilot.
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Apollo-15 lifts off tonight at 7.04 on its 1...
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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...
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Apollo-14 Commander, Alan Shepard and Family
If a message is sent across space from Apollo-14 for Louise, Mission Control at Houston will certainly be perplexed because the wives of two of the astronauts now hurtling earthwards in the Command Module "Kitty Hawk" answer to that name.
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